Looking Back: Week 4

[Jherbie53]

Originally Posted by Looking Forward

One of those finalists last year picked up a regional victory in West Michigan, Team Hammond. In a tough event that had several teams scoring ~3-4 hurdles/match, 71 came out as the top scoring bot (albeit not by much). 2171 was the top seed (any team that combines the Thunder Chickens and Beatty numbers should be pretty good), and unified with the BEAST to take home good. The strong #2 alliance of 141/33/302 would have offered even more of a challenge if two bots (33 and 302) didn't both suffer broken welds. Several teams from this event should be playing Saturday afternoon at Championship. If 71 wants to return to Einstein though, they'll almost certainly have to beef up their hybrid.

71 was one of the best hurdlers at west michigan. I heard from one of our mentors that they changed their pick up, by adding rollers to the ends of their arms. That helped them a lot. They would get by a ball and start the wheels turning, then they lowered their arms and picked the ball up like it was nothing. I do agree that with an improved hybrid they would move in as one of the top bots in overdrive. But if you were watching the finals on saturday, the I think they weren't using their full hybrid. They will at least be playing on Eisenstein this year.