Favorite Team Moments

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My 2 favorite moments were; number one, the quaterfinals in Huntsville in 2016 where we tied two times in a row and each alliance won one of the ties because each match had one penalty, and number two, in a offseason event in 2014, the event decided to go with the elimination alliance structure used at champs where there was 4 robots on an alliance and during the semifinals we asked if our third pick was ready to play to which they responded, "do you have a screwdriver?" They did not play in the next match, but in the final match they were able to play, they were a rookie team with just a driving base so we put them to defense and, though the refs were pretty lax, they managed to keep all three blue alliance robots busy without incurring massive penalties and we were allowed to cycle the balls with almost no interference. That is such a fun match to watch because throughout the match there was a major 3 vs 1 battle going on and 1 was winning.

[Billfred]

Which team?

1293 (2004-2006): Definitely knocking off 1319, the sitting #1 seed of Palmetto 2004, with a window motor drive box on wheels. And after that, bowling with 433 and 393 that came from Pennsylvania and Indiana, respectively.
1618 (2007-2009): Palmetto 2007, being the beneficiary of The Algorithm (old-timers know...) that kept pairing us with a fantastic 1251 enough to make us the #8 alliance captain. None of us had ever done that. Truth be told, none of my teams have ever ended up as one since. (Honorable mention: We did Chesapeake 2008 instead of Palmetto, and since it was USC's break my girlfriend and I spent the first half of the week in New York. We then met the team in Washington, where we hopped on the bus...to the kids singing old wrestling theme songs. You've never heard Shawn Michaels' music quite like that.)
2815 (2009-2013): Gah, this is hard. Arriving with a bang in 2009, medaling for the first time at Palmetto and winning RAS. The first regional win at Peachtree 2011 as the coach, when we had no business being picked. The next one one week later at Palmetto, when we had more business being picked but we're a BLT what the hell? The first year of SCRIW, complete with helping Exploding Bacon get from the train station to the school. That backup win at Palmetto 2012, which took us from unpicked to punching our ticket to St. Louis again.
4901 (2014-): 4901 was literally 24 hours from not happening--that's how close the rookie year funding was. They formed two weeks before SCRIW that year with a borrowed drivetrain and a robot built out of 2x4s I bankrolled myself that shook itself apart after about two matches (okay, like four but we didn't move the first couple). It was still a small team, seven kids by Kickoff if I remember correctly. To get picked by SPAM and Bionic Tigers at Orlando was thrill enough, but then to win the whole freaking Orlando Regional was beyond anyone's dreams. Getting cheered by 4451 as we pushed our toolboxes back to the pits was icing on the cake. (Honorable mention: The surprise going away party they organized behind my back was prit-ty slick!)

[Kevin Leonard]

Getting completely trounced is terrible, and winning by a lot is fun- but neither compares to a really good close win or loss.

My favorite moments in FRC aren't the 2012 Granite State Regional where we weren't selected, nor is it our 2013 Connecticut Regional where we went undefeated, but instead the regionals we barely eked out a win, or lost by the closest of margins.

The 2014 Tech Valley Regional is my favorite event of all time, followed by IRI 2016, TVR 2016, and FLR 2014 for this reason.

2014 TVR we won finals in three matches, after having to entirely remove a wheel from our robot between finals 2 and 3.

IRI and TVR 2016 we won and lost some exciting close matches/sets, and FLR 2014 we narrowly beat 341 and 2791 in semifinals to go on to win the event.