176, 229, 2791and 1153 were all amazing, powerful teams at their regional events but fell short in the semis and finals. I was really hoping to see these guys squeak through the waitlist.
All of them are highly accurate in the top goal in autonomous, complete 4-5+ runs to the feeder station before quick 10 point hangs and know how to power through defenders.
Really sad these guys couldn’t take home a win, their robots are amazing and fun to watch!
While not at all an offensive bot, I’d like to recognize 869 from MAR. They were probably the best defensive bot in the Mid-Atlantic Region. 4460 was also a great defender as well.
I know its a bit of a west coast bias here, but the fact that 1662 and 971 aren’t there is a shame. Both are definitely in the top 10 of best California bots if not top 5.
I’ll second 1153, they really improved a lot as the season went on and barely missed qualifying. Also, I know this shows a little bit of bias but 1507 deserves a mention here. At Buckeye, they didn’t lose a single match until finals match 1, during which something went wrong with their shooter. They weren’t able to find the problem in time, were replaced, and their alliance lost the next match. Floor pick up, 4+ disc auto, quick cycles, 10 point hang, Buckeye finalist and quality award, FLR quarterfinalist and creativity award.
From the Connecticut Regional at least, 177 and 228 aren’t going. Both had incredible bots- 177 could full-court shooter and when cycling had near perfect accuracy from the back of the pyramid, 228 had an extremely accurate, fast, and maneuverable cycler that- when on their game- could pull off 5-6 cycles.
I don’t want to sound biased towards my team, but I am frustrated that we are not attending this year. Here are some stats on our robot:
216:
-3 disk auton.
-On average 3 to 4 cycles per match
-Less than 1 second 10 point hang
We struggled early on in the season, but after we lowered to under 30 inches, it showed with an OPR of 44.2 in our last event. We made the eliminations in all of our events, and were a 2 time finalist in both of our Canadian trips.
I actually can’t figure out why we aren’t going to St. Louis this year…
I was incredibly disappointed when I heard they lost at North Star. After watching their performance first hand at GKC, I figured they would absolutely rock the competition at their 2nd regional.
I’ll add that I felt absolutely terrible standing 10 feet from their robot while the sub was put on the field for Finals 1-2 at GKC, but kudos to them for handling that situation so well.
Really appreciate the mention! Have to make a correction, we only ever ran a 5 disc auto. Although we function very similar to 1986, our programming isn’t nearly as refined or advanced enough to hit 7.
I am very sad 971 will not be there. There are few teams in the world that know sheet metal as well as 971 and their machine this year is a work of art. Would have loved to snag those two SVR wildcard spots with them :rolleyes:
From the Pacific Northwest we had several teams that would do great at CMP.
Notably 360-2557-3789 finalists from Central Washington
1318 also from the Central Washington Regional
4061 from the Spokane Regional
I am probably missing some… but the teams above were great opponents.
I know I’ve said it before, but 612 had an excellent cycling machine at the DC regional, and together with 2642, are the only teams in our scouting report’s top 8 to not make it to the big show in St. Louis. From the Virginia Regional, the team I’ll be noticing the absence of most at Championship is 2363.
I definitely think 2451 (Pwnage) and 1625 (Winnovation) had great showings this year at Midwest. 2451 had very fast cycles and 1625 had a dangerous ground collector.
We were the ones to beat them at North Star, and although we were happy that we won, we were disappointed that such a great team was being deprived of a trip to Championships because they clearly deserved to go. They are some great people and when our cRIO broke during semis they tried to call a time out for us because we had already used ours. They weren’t in that match or anything, they just wanted us to have a fair chance at going on. Also, their alliance partners, 2574, are pretty good as well. Team 2574 did amazing at North Star and they were a great alliance. Both teams were great and their teams are full of some really awesome people. Nationals would be better if both of them were there.
Absolutely second 1507. I could definitely see them captaining an alliance in Divisional elims.
340 would have been nice to see as well, not just because their climber is so cool but because they are an incredibly deserving team to win Chairman’s or EI. It was definitely some bad luck that at both events they submitted/competed at they were up against some really stiff competition for those awards.
OH and how can we forget 3173! Excellent full court shooter, the original laser beams.
I definitely agree about 2791, and it wasn’t just this year, but last year too. The past two years combined they may very well be the best team in the country without a regional victory.
Two fellow Canadian 2nd year teams I think deserved to go would be 4343 and 4089 who both did quite well in their regionals. Another team I would recommend would be **3663 **who was a great full court I saw in Seattle.