All posts by Emilio Alvarez

THANK YOU CHAMPS 2026

Before you get into this, i apologize if some (all) of these transitions are confusing.

These past few days in Houston have been such an experience for the team. Since qualifying week 1, we had been patiently awaiting the day we could prove ourselves to the world. This year NoMythic set records and crushed goals like never before. The team made history and paved the path for the future years, proving what is possible.

We hit the ground running at kickoff (even before kickoff actually) creating a series of victories from there. Victories in every practice attended, decision made, relationship formed, lesson learned, and match won.

The journey to any competition is a long and hard one where every single person is needed for success. Said success is not dictated by the results of your effort, but the amount of effort contributed. What makes this team so strong is the fact that all students, mentors, parents, sponsors, alumni, etc posses the strength required to look a challenge in the eye and take it on with everything they have got. When a group of people demonstrate that level of effort, it’s never possible to fail.

With that being said, i would like to celebrate some of the landmarks that were reached this season:
~ Winners of Northern Lights Regional 2026
~ Winners of 10,000 Lakes Regional 2026
~ 1st pick of alliance 8 in Galileo division Championships 2026
~ New strategy sub team established
~ Kickoff event (1st time ever)
~ MNWR
~ and many many more milestones met

Being on a team comes with ups and downs like any other thing in life. One of my personal favorite parts of NoMythic is getting to see so many amazing people build each other up and change together. Time and time again we come together to show love and care for one another in times of need. You would truly never believe how accurate this is until you have the pleasure of experiencing it for yourself. So thank you to everyone who allowed me to write those words and mean them.

A message to our seniors:
Thank you for shaping this team and leaving your positive influence with us all as we continue to learn and grow beyond the time we have shared. You all have showed the qualities above like no other.

To end off this message, this is champs 2026 in one word; Awesomesaucejoyfulimpactfulsatisfyingsparklyexcitingcoolfulfilledcontentunexpectedexcellentvoicewarmthcommunitychaos.
I hope that you all loved and gained from this experience.

love you NoMythic :unicorn_face::heart_hands::purple_heart:

PLAYOFF MATCH #10 – results

I am sorry to tell you all, but NoMythic has been eliminated from the championship playoffs 2026. The final score in playoffs #10 was 442 to 548. Triple offense did not prove to be enough and we just barely fell behind.

This has been a record breaking season for NoMythic, never before have we been so successful. Thank you all for your constant support and dedication. The team is hanging around and watching Einsteins, you are encouraged to do the same at home!

Love you NoMythic, thank you for an amazing season :unicorn_face::purple_heart::heart_hands:

PLAYOFFS MATCH #1 – DEBRIEF

Alliance 8 loses to alliance 1 with a final score of 331 to 778.

Game play:
During our second pass in auto we got beached and stayed like that until through transition and into teleop. Our alliance prioritized passing, poaching, and scoring with some defense. The idea was if we could starve and defend The Crew we could outscore orbit and Explorer we had a shot. Unfortunately their defense was too good, our alliance got immobilized for too long, and we couldn’t play effective enough defense.

Currently in queue for playoff #5
Go NoMythic :purple_heart: