THOR NC 2016 Preview

[Bryce Clegg]

Team SPORK is excited to be returning to THOR this year, and this year is going to be awesome! We have made a few modifications to our shooter, which our drive team is practicing with this week before the competition.

[Dibit1010]

587 is (there's also a list on ncfirst website!)- we are trying out new drivers, hopefully this will be seen as an improvement!


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[Crebb]

Bionic Eagles Team 5279 is excited to attend THOR for the first time. Due to time constraints we won't have our off-season modifications ready in time for THOR, but will roll them out for IROC and Rumble in the Roads.

The majority of our team, including the drive team, graduated last year, so we will be using THOR to test out potential drivers in real game situations. The students that drive the best during qualifications will be our drivers for the duration of eliminations.

THOR looks like it will be a very deep and challenging competition. There should be some exciting eliminations!

[ctt956]

I know it's a bit late, but there is a webcast! Link below.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa2tDvKJJFk

[Bryce Clegg]

We had a great time at THOR this year, it was very well run! Congrats to the winning alliance: 2642 Pitt Pirates, 1533 Triple Strange, and 4816 Gadget Girls! Very well deserved, as we experienced ourselves in the quarterfinals.

[OccamzRazor]

Congrats to the winning alliance and a solid thrashing! Those last matches were especially hard played. We got to push our robot past it's boundaries and that little bot gave us more than we could have asked it for. As soon as we took the robot down after finals 2, our climber which had been hanging on by one bolt for 4 awesome matches finally collapsed and snapped right off the base of the robot.

Can't wait to do it again next year!

[Moretti]

That was a really amazing competition! It was great to see North Carolina back in action and I can't wait for 2017!

[JOClarke]

SPARKY Team 384 would like to thank NC FIRST, Cary Academy, Referees, Volunteers, FTAs and Field Reset crew for making us feel so welcome. The drive from Richmond Va was long but worth it. We would also like to thank Team 5279 Bionic Eagles (see you guys at IROC), 435 RoboDogs & 3737 Roto Raptors for an awesome run to the semifinals. SPARKY is already looking forward to next year for STEAMWORKS - THOR style.

[Dinokaiz2]

Huge thanks to Pyrotech and the Roboeagles from the TerrorBytes for joining our alliance at THOR this year. We lost in the quarterfinals, but reuniting Team Phoenix was absolutely worth it. See you next year!

Others, for context: at the NC DCMP, us, Pyrotech, and the Roboeagles made it to the semifinals in the playoffs. It was pretty incredible to play with the same alliance at THOR.

[OccamzRazor]

Originally Posted by Dinokaiz2

Huge thanks to Pyrotech and the Roboeagles from the TerrorBytes for joining our alliance at THOR this year. We lost in the quarterfinals, but reuniting Team Phoenix was absolutely worth it. See you next year!

Others, for context: at the NC DCMP, us, Pyrotech, and the Roboeagles made it to the semifinals in the playoffs. It was pretty incredible to play with the same alliance at THOR.

We were blindsided by that 4828 defensive ability! If we had not adjusted our strategy we would have lost very quickly. I honestly think if that alliance had defeated our alliance they could have won THOR with that blocking ability.

[ctt956]

Last year at THOR, I was driving on the winning alliance. It was really exciting for my first year of FRC. This year, I was volunteering at THOR with my new team. I am so excited to be a part of Team 900 and I cannot wait to help them build a winning robot. Look forward to seeing all of you at competitions!

[parthpatel612]

Originally Posted by Dinokaiz2

Huge thanks to Pyrotech and the Roboeagles from the TerrorBytes for joining our alliance at THOR this year. We lost in the quarterfinals, but reuniting Team Phoenix was absolutely worth it. See you next year!

Others, for context: at the NC DCMP, us, Pyrotech, and the Roboeagles made it to the semifinals in the playoffs. It was pretty incredible to play with the same alliance at THOR.

Thanks to you guys for picking us and reforming the amazing Team Phoenix with Pyrotech. Hope we reunite in the future?!?!?! #safteyalways

[parthpatel612]

Originally Posted by OccamzRazor

We were blindsided by that 4828 defensive ability! If we had not adjusted our strategy we would have lost very quickly. I honestly think if that alliance had defeated our alliance they could have won THOR with that blocking ability.

Its an honor to hear those words coming from a team like 3506. Thanks guys!