River Rage 20
On October 29, 2016, Morpheus travelled to Manchester, New Hampshire, to compete at the 20th River Rage, which was hosted by teams 131 (Chaos), 238 (Crusaders), and 501 (Powerknights). After talking with several teams that we are friends with, the qualification matches started. During our second of four qualification matches, we had some slight intake issues that were corrected by restarting our computer. In our third qualification match, we set the qualification high score of 120 points. At the end of the 21 qualification matches, we were excited to be ranked 1 out of 30 teams! During alliance selection at River Rage, the first pick of each alliance is random. Amazingly, we got Team 238 (Crusaders), which is a fantastic breaching and feeding robot, as our random pick. As our second pick, we were thrilled to select Team 1058 (PVC Pirates) for their phenomenal high goal scoring and climbing. In our first elimination match, we set a personal high score of 225 points with 10 solo high goals! Then, in our second match, we scored 230 points! In our semifinal match, we set our year-long high score of 245 points without fouls!! We also scored 12 solo high goals in that match. In the finals, we faced off against the formidable Alliance 5, which consisted of Team 166 (Chop Shop), Team 125 (Nutrons), and Team 78 (Air Strike). After one intense match of the finals, we emerged victorious with a score of 222 points! This was our first ever event win and was also the first event where we went completely undefeated. We are tremendously proud of our prodigious performance and of our amazing alliance.