Off with the team to Appleton Wisconsin for a long, tiring weekend. It's a three hour drive.
A successful outing that proved the merit of our design and construction, and showed off what a group of talented kids can accomplish with hard work. We astonishingly started by winning our first nine matches. This has never happened before, and statistically may never happen again.
By the end a bit of wear and tear was showing, so our time in the double elimination final rounds was short, but for a first event it was excellent. We have a limited amount of time to repair, recharge and in selected cases upgrade. We are off again in about ten days.
As usual, some oddity photos. I'll try to add a link to our matches when it becomes available.
This event was in a big high school gym. It's actually nicer than some of the arena type venues we've been in. Maybe you can feel a bit of residual energy from generations of kids excited about things going on in front of them.
Our driver actually seems a bit pleased with the damage our robot's name plate took in an intense match.
There are as always little event freebies. In keeping with our school mascot we had these little plastic cardinals. Somebody arranged them in this pattern. Various stories were concocted about what was going on here. Some were a bit dark, court martials and such. I suggested the vibe was "Teach us oh Eldest and Wisest". But maybe I was projecting.
Not as many mascots as in earlier days. Those suits are hot and awkward, so when you do see them it is towards the end of the event. I of course had to ham it up with a couple of birds. It's me doing my best bird imitation. It's not very convincing.
More to come. Link to video of our matches https://www.thebluealliance.com/team/5826/2026
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