900's Championship Cheesecaking Chronicles

[Kevin Leonard]

First of all, 900 is one of my favorite team in FRC. We had a qualification match with them in Archimedes 2014, and they were fantastic to work with. We tried some crazy ideas in our practice match with them before it that most teams wouldn't have been willing to try (full-court catching strategy. It would have been sick if it worked.
900 consistently thinks outside the box and has an overwhelming desire to win at the highest levels, which I admire about them so much.

From what I've heard from everyone involved, it was an incredibly inspiring experience for students on that whole Alliance, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it from that perspective.

I can understand why an opponent might be upset at this, but I don't blame any of the teams involved, I do blame the game design.

Everyone knew from then beginning of the season that finals on Einstein was going to be decided by can races- that was an obvious game flaw, and we knew how an arms race would end- we saw it happen in 2011, where teams with more resources were able to create faster minibots and won a world championship because of it.

Congrats to Team 900 on doing what it takes to reach the Einstein semifinals, as well as their alliance partners and supporters.

I'll be using 900 as an example of doing what it takes to win for anyone who will listen for the next year or so, until they reach Einstein again.

Bold prediction: 900 reaches Einstein again in 2016. Calling it right now.

Good luck, and I hope to compete with you next year.