Team 930 arrived in Chicago, Illinois last week for the Midwest Regional. After a set of practice matches the day before we began competing in the Qualification matches on Friday. We started off strong by winning 4 our of 6 matches but noticed there were some issues with how our limelight was tracking the target causing a lot of our shots to land just outside of the outer port forcing our drive team to adapt on the fly. We tried our best against tough matchups, but ended up with a record of 4-4 at the end of Friday with 2 matches left to play on Saturday before Elimination Matches began.

Unfortunately, we had two very close matches against solid teams on Saturday and lost both of our matches, leaving us in 26th place for alliance selection. The qualification record might have not been what we strive for but we were optimistic as we still had one of the best robots on the field. During the draft we were chosen by Team 2451 Pwnage, the 3rd Seed Alliance captain, along with Team 5822 Wolfbyte. We lost both of our Quarterfinal Matches against a strong 6th Seed Alliance but learned a lot about what we need to change to better prepare for the next competition.

Attending the Midwest Regional was truly a great learning experience for every member on the team as we adjust to this season’s competition level and expectations. We know what issues we need to improve upon as well as how to iterate on those tasks.

More to come next week!

Our Drive Team Jerseys made their debut at the Midwest Regional. Looking great, team!