Best Matches caught on Tape

[Paul H]

Originally Posted by Karthik

Match 2 is definitely one of the saddest matches I've ever witnessed. The alliance of Team 60 and 1241 have the match easily under control, but at the end Team 60 get's caught on a popped ball preventing them from hanging, and 1241 accidently makes contact with a yellow ball, changing the score from 155-85, to 80-85. I was right down on the field for that match, and the range of emotions was intense.

Man, you said it. I was operator, and that was DEFINATELY my saddest moment in FIRST....that alliance was dangerous, and no offense to any other alliances, but I believe we were the best alliance at the competition with the worst luck (a little biased, I know).

In the first one, watch team 60 capping our goal just as we unload about 15 balls to our human player. If you watch closely, our HP actually had to try to shoot into the mobile goal, which was in front of Team 60's driver station. Aw man, those were some sad times. I watched those videos a couple of times, and they're painful, to say the least.

After I watch those, I watch This match to cheer myself up. We were about 2 seconds away from the national high score. If 71 would have hung, we would have had 240 points.

Other good ones, all at the 2004 IRI:
33 and 980 vs. 47 and 111...need I say more?
Chief Delphi barely decaps, winning the match
We block 45 from capping...still loose the match by 1 ball, but it was crazy