So are we safe if we don’t let any pre-2013 students come back to mentor if they’ve been gone??? :yikes:
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There were a few other pre-2006 students who came back as mentors before I did without negatively impacting 177’s streak, so you might be okay risking it.
My personal defense on this point (beyond this) has always been that I was on the team in 2001, the first time we made it to Einstein.
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With their win in the Carver Division, I believe 1678 now has the longest Einstein appearance streak, with 7 straight years.
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Congrats to 1678 on breaking the tie with 177 for consecutive divisions.
The next target you have to take down 217 & 254 on total division wins.
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1678 is cool and all, but 177 had to do their streak in the era before duct tape was legal 
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Seriously though, this was interesting analysis.
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It’s a bit hard to catch 254 in particular when they keep adding to their own total. Maybe if they let us compete at Detroit too.
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Guess you’ll just have to get in the same division and beat them…multiple times.
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I like the challenge, but not the odds…
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The 1678 class of 2019 has now achieved the same accomplishment. 16 official events attended, 16 Regional/Division brackets won, 16 winner banners. Very proud of these kids!
-Mike
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An insight into 2007. I am on team 190. In 2007, our exact pick list was 987 and 177, and we were extremely fortunate to not have to change our picklist. According to at least one of my mentors, we wanted 177 on our alliance from the beginning of alliance selection.
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Since you revived the thread, figured I’d share this photo from our 25th Anniversary Celebration this past weekend. I got to meet this robot again for the first time since my freshman year, when 11 played against 177 at the NJ regional
Such a cool robot to finally poke around!
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Im part of 1678, but i just joined, its insane how our origin started, with one high school teacher in a shipping container, and now with over 100 students, 2 classrooms and multiple mentors.
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The 1678 classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022 did not have the many of the same opportunities as their predecessors, but nevertheless they managed to carry the Citrus Circuits to new heights!
In addition to increasing the Einstein streak to 8, we now have two full generations of students (across 8 years) who have won every Regional/Division bracket they have participated in. Including the 2014 Einstein run, that is 26 official events in a row. I still can’t quite believe it, I am so proud of these kids and this team!
-Mike
PS I really enjoyed getting to meet lots of 177 folks on Hopper, the 177 streak remains legendary! It was super fun to hear some of the stories of the 177 streak from folks who were there back in the day.
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weird flex but ok
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Mike,
As you know, my Tarot cards already predicted this on Wednesday night.
You’re welcome.
We would have loved to play together, but looks like that was not meant to be this year.
Love,
Team 177
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how many wins you got?
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congrats man
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Mike,
It was great to finally meet you and compare some stories. Your team is is a class act, although with Dave on your team you have to be, and you clearly did the work to get where you are are. I hope we actually get to compete together in the future because a return to split champs would mean we never see each other’s teams again.
-Pete
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177 was looking pretty good in Hopper this year. Wish we had a match together.
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Thanks @Richard_McCann ! I didn’t feel like making a new thread about this so I’m posting it here:
The kids had a blast at WCMP. Something we were explaining to a few folks is that 177 was never really supposed to be in Houston at all this season.
Before the start of our 2022 season, our district and several others in CT had strict no overnight travel restrictions due to Covid concerns. When we began our build season, we strategized and designed with our goal of winning our district championship in mind, since Houston was off the table for consideration. We evaluated our resources, of which the most limited is time (we are limited to less than a handful of meetings prior to kickoff, and most people are surprised to learn our build season is limited to Wed+Thur 6pm-8:30pm and Saturdays 8-3) with several snow days, exam breaks, and other randomly cancelled meetings by teachers. We also considered the experience of our team, since we had not met in person at all between March 2020 and basically October 2021, we chose to focus on a simpler non-turreted robot we could complete and iterate quickly (only a few remaining students worked with our 2020 turreted robot). Another wrench that got thrown in the mix was our teachers did not allow the team to compete at our typical Week 6 district, because NEDCMP would be back to back. This forced us to compete back to back in weeks 2 and 3 which again affected how we iterate. The simplification, limited time and experience of students, and not originally having to compete at the world stage is what led us to the robot we brought to Houston.
Our kids were highly successful in pulling off 2 district wins, and after those wins, parents and students petitioned our Board of Ed and our superintendent to allow us to attend WCMP. Surprisingly, the district gave the green light late March, and we forged ahead. However, our driver had also committed to other obligations during the time of WCMP, so his final event of the season (and his senior year) was our district championship, because Houston was approved unexpectedly. Thankfully, we won another banner at our district championship just as we had hoped and had intended.
Our backup driver busted her butt and practiced very hard to prep for WCMP. She did not skip a beat at Champs and performed just as well as our primary during our qual matches. She was an absolute all-star for having to step up at Champs and take the field for the first time ever in a competition match, and persevered through some extremely tough matches that most drivers don’t face at their first ever event. We basically threw her into the deep end and she handled it better than most adults would. Our entire team was extremely proud of her and our operator for their performance and attitude throughout the event.
When we got to Champs, we knew our robot wasn’t really built for Einstein, as that was never the plan, but I think we were hurt to miss elims entirely, even in such a deep division. But our little tank drive robot without a turret still made us proud!
I’m thankful for all the teams our kids look up to that they finally got to meet in person, including 1678 and 148, our pit buddies. Our kids loved poking around robots and asking questions. We feel that the trip to Houston was well worth it to give the kids perspective of what an Einstein robot looks like.
We have a lot of work to do as a team, and unfortunately we face the same roadblocks from our school many others face even after multiple Championship wins and division titles, but our kids and mentors are hungry, and we’ll be aiming for Einstein again soon.
Special shoutout to @Karthik @Grant_Cox and several others who took time out to speak to my kids who really wanted to meet you guys. It was a busy event, so it meant a lot to them.
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