Competition

        Unfortunately, today was a definite disappointment. We went in to the competition with high hopes, and fell far short of the success that we had been hoping for. While our machine was running better, perhaps, than it ever had, and I was more comfortable driving it than ever before, the table for arena 2 had a ridge in it that just proved to be impossible for the ball caster to clear. Regardless of the effort that we took to go at the ridge perfectly perpendicular at our maximum speed. It was a fun day, but a definite let down. We had much higher hopes. While we were able to clear the ridge after time expired somehow, and had been in scoring position for the entirety of our run, we were not permitted to advance since we had not scored, despite being given a win. It was an unfortunate and premature exit for Team Awesom-O. I am confident that without that obnoxious ridge, we would have had a real shot at winning the entire competition.