Favorite Teams that did not get picked

[sebas2mil]

Originally Posted by rocketdawg3000

Our or archimedes: I think we should've gotten picked (not to sound selfish)
I was really surprised when 1251 wasn't picked. They're a real good team and should've been in the finals.
I was surprised when 233 didn't make it to the finals

I'm surprised you guys did not get picked because if i remember correctly when you guys won it was because you put the most tetras on the field around 6 and no less than 5 per match
what a shame

sebas

[Starke]

From Newton I would have to say Team 639. They were an awesome robot that I saw at the Finger Lakes Regional and matches in the Newton Division.

I am surprised to hear the 237 was not picked. We were in an alliance with them at the Finger Lakes Regional. They were an awesome robot.

[miketwalker]

I was quite surprised that in Curie that team 222 wasn't picked. They seemed very consistent, and were a wonderful team to work with during the qualifying matches.

[Ken358]

I agree that 237 would have been a great pick. They had an awesome machine and are an excellent team. We won with them in NYC in 2002. It is too bad that they went unrecognized.

Thanks Lucas and sw293 for believing in us.

We (358) would have liked to have gone to the show, but the teams that went deserved it. The alliance that went on from Galileo (56,64,254) was arguably comprised the best machines there. Although it is never feels good to turn down an invitation from another team, 56 used good strategy to put together a near “dream team”. We were speculating the night before what it would be like if each division were allowed to send the best three robots to the Championship event. I mentioned that 56 (Robbe), 68 (Truck), and 254 (Cheesy Poofs) would be my picks for a “super alliance”
It is really hard to scout 85 teams and some good teams will always fall through the cracks due to poor scouting. The one big surprise to me was that one of the veteran teams, one that we have always looked up to and have seen perform well at nationals year after year seemed unprepared to select when they were called up. There was, however, some good scouting as well. 103 was deep in the pack, but recognized as being a very capable machine.

Ken
Team 358

[Daniel Brim]

I was surprised when 237 wasn't picked. It seemed like vision teams would be a lock for being picked, since they are so visible. I also was surprised when 384 was not picked.

I was a bit surprised that we (294) weren't picked. We were 32nd seed (4-3). We also lost one match by one point and another by 4. If we won those two then we would have been picking

[Salik Syed]

I think we were an okay team ... i don't know if we deserved to be picked but we were 4-3... however the matches we lost one was against 27 and it was 34-32, the other was against i think 766 and some others and we won however an HP stepped out off a line and so we lost 43-51, also our front wheel stopped working and we got stuck on a goal... no defense
the only hardcore loss we had was against PINK ... we weren't a very strong alliance and really i just couldn't concentrate screwed up wrong strategy etc...it was so sad like 83-13

[lonewolf13]

Team 88 from the Galileo Division should have been picked.

[Lisa Perez]

Forgive me if my thoughts sound not-so-connected, I'm a bit tired..

I was definitely a bit surprised when 1251, 1646, and 25 did not get selected.

And we (573) would have liked to be part of the eliminations.. We had been consistent through the entire competition, scoring about 6+ tetras per match and not acquiring any penalties. At one point we were 1st in Archimedes, and 4th by the end of the first day..

We had a good time though.. which is what counts

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by Justin_302

team 201 the FEDS. They had a good robot, but didnt get picked.

This was the most surprising thing to me on Saturday. Ranked high, with a good robot and just overlooked I guess.

[PURPLE!]

There were some bots that I saw picked that I was rather suprised about. Honestly enough I think that people are picked, not the robots. Then again what the hell do I know.

[av11d]

237, 25, and a few other bots from galileo went unpicked. i agree about the lapse of scouting in galileo but we still had a great alliance representing galileo in the finals.

[Nikhil Bajaj]

I was surprised that (in Curie) Team 1646 went unpicked. Their drivers were doing great, and they were 5-2...they were extremely consistent and great at what they did.

[Arefin Bari]

I was really surprised to see team 25, 222, 237, 573 and 1251 not getting picked.

[Chris]

On Curie i was very surprised that team 7 didn't get picked, they were consistent and great to work with.

Chris

[Wayne C.]

Wow- I'm surprised that many of you seem surprised that my guys (25) DIDN'T GET PICKED. Personally I felt that there were a number of great Galileo teams and we just didn't impress enough with our performance.

After a stunning weekend in Palmetto we had nothing but bad luck and troubles all this past weekend. How do you burn out an input pin? A working Auto routine decides it doesn't like to work any more? We ended up 3-4 with three of the other matches being lost by 2-3 pts or penalties from our partners.

But with all the little problems the machine was giving us it wasn't the same as it has been. But thats the game sometimes.

We had lots of fun and were especialy pleased to be there when our fellow travellers and the other team in the Cokeley household - 1089- made it all the way to Galileo #1 seed with an undefeated record. I wish they could have brought home something to put in the trophy case. They did a great job and had a great first nationals.

Thanks to all who look out for us. See you soon at PARC and Montcllair.

WC