This morning was another very early start to the day, but a well-prepared Jakob had already gotten coffee and kindly shared it with the rest of the early birds. As for myself, I am very grateful — my brain really had trouble booting up this morning.

The reason for waking up early today wasn’t that we had to fix problems in a panic, but rather our 8:30 AM, Korean time, match against Ri-One.
By kickoff at the latest, even the late risers of our team reached the venue to celebrate our victory (2:0).
There were a few difficulties during the match set-up because the connection timeout —meaning the time we accept before it is reported whether a robot still has radio connection — was set incorrectly. But a short timeout right after the kickoff of the match was enough to quickly resolve the issue.

Despite connected robots and no further problems, the first half remained at 0:0. However, by increasing the time allowed for a pass or a pass reception during the break, we were quickly able to score one goal after another.
It was great to see that with a functioning connection to our robots, clearly recognizable plays of our strategy were observable.

With the result of this match, it is clear: We are second in our group and will therefore play next against the third-placed team of Group 2 at 3 PM local time (8 AM German time). Exactly which team that is has not yet been determined, as we observed a surprising victory by Luhbots against RoboCin.
RoboCin had problems with their robot connection and decided not to compete to avoid damage to their robots. This result throws the entire current group standings into uncertainty.

But what is certain is that we have gained momentum and are looking forward to the next match!

Stay tuned, it’s going to be exciting!