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I've gotten a good response. Now, I bring you...
Day Three: It Ends The morning started off badly - I got to wake up at 5 AM Houston time for the GM team picture. I tried to eat, but getting up that early doesn't leave me feeling very hungry. We got to Reliant at seven, and they tried to get seven or eight GM teams onto a flight of stairs. It didn't work very well. After about half an hour of waiting, the photographer finally took the picture. Then, they wanted individual team pictures. That would have been okay, but we ended up staring directly into the sun when they took the picture. We probably got a picture of our entire team squinting. We began the day with only one match left. We ended up paired with the number one seed (might have been 343), and we won. With over 100 qualifying points. We were still ranked lowly, but we felt good. I spent the next hour walking around, trading away 818 magnets for buttons, hackey sacks, frisbees, and whaterver else I was offered. People seemed willing to take the magnets, which was a good thing - we began the year with 6,000 of them and we still had about 2,000 of them left. I took a break to eat. Then, the Curie division alliance selections began. The top eight teams made their first selections, and I'd have to say that they made wise choices...except for the fact that we weren't chosen. The number one seed made their second selection - again, not us. The number two seed, 16, got up to make their choice. 16 had chosen team 79 before, and we had no idea who they would choose. By some freakish act of God...they chose us . We had joined the number two seed in the Curie division. Our first quarterfinal match ended with 16 and 79 winning by over 100 points, getting us a massive QP lead. We lost our second match, but we had enough QPs to advance to the semifinals. Our first match ended badly - 16 and 79 tried, but they weren't able to win. The second match, 818 and 16, was better to an extent - we tied. Unfortunately, that destroyed any chance of us advancing. Still, I'm proud that we even made it into the semis. We did pretty well for a second year team. The other quarterfinal matches were interesting. In the second match of QF1, all four robots were disabled. The last minute of the match didn't have any robot movement. The red alliance (the number one seed) mananged to get both of their robots on top of the ramp before they were disabled, and they were able to advance because of that. There was another quarterfinal (don't remember what seeds, but 188 was in it) where the red alliance had a stack of six and at least twenty crates in their zone. They would have won...but they were DQed for intentionally flipping a robot. I wish I could report on the semifinals, but I had to go back to our pit to help pack up the robot. I made it back for the finals, which actually seemed less exciting than the quarterfinals. Then again, we weren't playing. Congratulations to 111, 65, and 469. Thanks again to 16 and 79 for picking us.The closing ceremonies were awesome - Woody and Dean both made great speeches, and the tribute to the Colombia astronauts was very nice. The day ended with a shower of confetti and balloons, which was soon followed by an indoors fireworks show. The entire event was awesome, and I know that I'll have to do it again next year. I skipped Six Flags again - the rides just don't appeal to me. I came back to the hotel, and I began writing this. I might update one last time - we're going home tomorrow, and we're going to Johnson Space Center in the morning. Congratulations to everyone - the Championship was great. Thanks for reading. ![]() |
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