The finals in Philly: A 293 team member's perspective

[Jonathan]

Dear Team 293,

As a third year member of team 316 I can understand your frustration at the calls that were made yesterday in the elimination rounds. The one thing you have to remember is that each week is a new week. My team just last week was in your shoes. We had seed 3rd at Annapolis and were paired up with team 1507, and 836. During the semifinals team 007 ripped a wired loose from 1507's bot and disabled their arm. 007 did this in both matches and cripled our alliance. I went to the head ref and he told me that it was accidental. This week at Philly we seeded 23rd, i believe, and we were selected by MOE and went on to win. You win some and you lose some. Either way you guys have nothing to be sorry about. You competed well and had one of the best bots out there