UFH: Raul Olivera

[jonathan lall]

Congratulations Raul. Your FIRST savvy is to me visible everywhere, from your always-interesting (and more importantly, useful) posts on CD, to the genius of your robot every single year, to your ability to strategize on the spot.

Last year's elimination rounds, we had the opportunity to form an alliance with 111 and 65, and I remember as the three teams got together and hammered out a plan, you singlehandedly challenged our strategy and helped turn it around for the better. We would have been crushed first round had you not done that.

In one match, you encouraged us to use the 60-degree incline on the back of our robot (by no means a "wedge") to right your own robot which had been tipped, and make a valiant effort to take back control of that game. We managed it and came ridiculously close to winning. Again, it never occured to any of us.

This makes me conclude that you don't think like the rest of us, and this is always UFH-worthy. You can be our wingman anytime.