494........

[khwoodside]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

I don't care what anyone else says - 494 had a great robot, and there's no denying it. They play rough, yes I will agree with that, but they play to win. Things like this happen whether we want them to or not (i.e. IRI Finals Match - 2002) It's just the way it is. We can sit here and debate about 494's robot, or we can remember how they've played and prepare for next year.

Again, Congrats to 494.

Yes, congrats to 494, and it was great having a pit right next to yours. I must say that i talked to their mentors and found that their strategy was to keep robots from climbing the platform to hang. Our robot hung from the floor, and in one of our matches, we were paired against 494 on the archimedes field. Unfortunately, 494 didnt realize that our robot had the capability to hang from the floor and drove right on to our electronics box. This I can understand being an accident. But was there really cause for them to spin their wheels on top of our electronics box for the rest of the match? We were lucky to have the forethought of a plexi-encased electronics box and that was the only damage (other than the tire marks). 494 didnt appologize to me directly, but i did see one of their mentors go talk to our mentors. Later I found he only explained what happened from their point of view with no apology. No one from their drive team talked to me or our other driver. No one from their team talked to us for the rest of the competition. I know it left a bitter taste in all of our mouths, and finally someone hung our state flag between our pits. I thought that was one of the saddest things to see. I have heard that 494 was very gracious to other teams and for that I applaud them. It is hard to be everyones friend and sometimes ya just cant. Thank you everyone for making nationals a challenging competition!
Katie ~ Arm operator for team 476