CHS Platter - The Real CHSy Champs

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The district championship was a great event, much like the districts that we attended. Sure there were some hiccups and things that could have been better, but for the first year of a new system I think it went just about as well as it could have gone.*

We definitely learned a lot about our robot and approach to the game as the competition progressed. Our high goal shooter that was 2 hours old proved to need more integration testing and tweaks than we estimated. After Thursday, as a team we decided to take the shooter off and return to original configuration for the duration.

A huge thanks to 1418 for believing in us, both the robot and strategy. After losing the first quarterfinal match, it was reassuring that you decided to stick with the plan. 5804, you guys made for a great complimentary robot that allowed us to mix up the roles of each robot, as we adapted to the gameplay.

422, 346, 1262, and 1137 - It was unfortunate that 346 was unable to continue in the finals. The strategy you guys used was a curveball that took a while for us to figure out.

401, 122, and 2028 - Thanks for scaring me in semifinals! I knew it was going to be a tough matchup, and after the first semifinal I was nervous. 401's high goal is nothing short of awesome.

623, 1629, and 2363 - Two really good picks by 623 in the #8 spot. As that alliance was formed I knew our road out of quarterfinals became that much tougher!

Congrats to the Chairman's Award recipients 1086, 1885, and 384. Job well done!
Congrats to the Engineering Inspiration Award recipients 1629 and 540. Well deserved.

To the volunteers: Thanks for making the event a huge success! The volunteer team was very professional and easy to work with.

The referees were top notch, as always with a Steve Shade lead crew. I thought the competition was called consistently and fairly. This team did an amazing job in a game that has a lot of moving parts and interaction; not an easy game to ref, but you made it look easy.

UMD is a great venue, and after the tweaks that were made from last year I think it is one of the best venues. There really isn't a bad seat in the house. Having the matches on the jumbotron made it easy for us to keep track of things while in the pits.

It is great seeing this many teams from our area competing at the World Championship! See you all in St. Louis.

*Not counting the e-stop incident at Greater DC. This was an anomaly and isn't a reflection of the team planning/running the events.