Winning Multiple Regionals

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by DanTod97

I just think its rediculous that people actually consider teams going through and winning sometimes three seperate regionals, what on earth is going through their heads as they take that third win? I just dont see how that can be helpful or inspiring in anyway, even if you want to argue that it can be inspiring to some people, I think there are much better ways to inspire people than to dominate them after completing 6 weeks of hard work. Its just unnecessary.

Teams that win 3 regionals one after the other in a single season are probably some of the most inspiring teams I've known. One such team is 1114, who by far built the most dominant robot in this years game, winning 3 regionals, going undefeated in the last one, not scoring less than 98 points in a match, having a consistent 36 point solo autonomous mode and winning the CA and WF awards on top of a few others. One of my favorite experiences last year at the Championship Event was going to 1114's pit and getting to ask one of their members all about their robot, how its arm worked, how the ramp unfolded (which was a work of art by the way) and needless to say I was blown away. If that wasn't inspiring I don't know what is. And if you wish your team could be like that, guess what, this team that is "dominating" you has posted a detailed document on the in's and out's of their program is run and how they experience the "success" that they do. I'm referring to Karthik's powerpoint presentation on how 1114 is run, which can be found here. Lots of amazing ideas and ways to improve any FIRST team are in this presentation, thanks a lot Karthik!

Mike C.