INsight: Indiana State Championships

[RockRGI]

Originally Posted by Theseusgoats

Also, could we just stop complaining already? The call was controversial but 1501 and 868 made it through anyway. The only team really affected was 447 who deserved to go through less than 1529.

Of all the comments on this thread I find this one to be the one leaving me scratching my head. Why did 447 deserve it less?

What is most important however is that this season, being my son and I's first year, was absolutely amazing. To see what the kids on 447 accomplished firsthand and what all the teams accomplished from event to event was just awesome. While it would have been great to make World's, the journey is what is the most important.

I have enjoyed watching the problem solving, team work, strategy meetings, and execution by all of the teams this year. The willingness for one team to help another, even if they may face them in later matches, brings joy to my heart and tells me there is still good in this world.

Best of luck to all the teams representing Indiana at World's. We had a great run and I am proud of what our kids accomplished. It's not always about whether you win or lose, but how you play the game that matters. I know our kids put everything they had into the process and I am sure the other teams did as well.

See you all in off season events and again next year for a new game!

[Theseusgoats]

Originally Posted by RockRGI

Of all the comments on this thread I find this one to be the one leaving me scratching my head. Why did 447 deserve it less?

What is most important however is that this season, being my son and I's first year, was absolutely amazing. To see what the kids on 447 accomplished firsthand and what all the teams accomplished from event to event was just awesome. While it would have been great to make World's, the journey is what is the most important.

I have enjoyed watching the problem solving, team work, strategy meetings, and execution by all of the teams this year. The willingness for one team to help another, even if they may face them in later matches, brings joy to my heart and tells me there is still good in this world.

Best of luck to all the teams representing Indiana at World's. We had a great run and I am proud of what our kids accomplished. It's not always about whether you win or lose, but how you play the game that matters. I know our kids put everything they had into the process and I am sure the other teams did as well.

See you all in off season events and again next year for a new game!

Agian, sorry if I came off rude but I was just saying that the whole alliance of 1529 just seemed to have had a more well thought out strategy. I'm sure you guys, 1529, as well as pretty much every team tried their best and had a thoroughly enjoyable season.

[RockRGI]

Originally Posted by Theseusgoats

Agian, sorry if I came off rude but I was just saying that the whole alliance of 1529 just seemed to have had a more well thought out strategy. I'm sure you guys, 1529, as well as pretty much every team tried their best and had a thoroughly enjoyable season.

No apology needed, I was simply trying to understand the thought behind the comment. In the finals, once the track slipped on 1501, it was do whatever we could to try to keep up for sure.

I didn't see any team out there this year who deserved it "less" than any other and wondered what you may have seen to come to that conclusion. Of course we were disappointed in the end result, but that is how the cookie crumbled. I didn't see anything improper in the match, and had we been against 1501, we would have likely focused on slowing their cycle times down as well. If you paid attention this season, we had no issue with playing tight defense. The track coming off was fortunate for the blue alliance and unfortunate for our alliance.

It was definitely a fun season, look forward to many more to come.

[BoilerMentor]

Originally Posted by logank013

Can you explain what happened? I missed this entirely.

I'm not joking in the slightest. There was a monkey at the event. The monkey had to be removed. I'm sincerely curious if any got a picture before the poor little fella overstayed his welcome.

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