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Alamo Regional:
A lot of the early robots were inoperable because of an old version of the driver station software. The Inspector Checklist has instructions to check the latest version, but does not have the version number. Several of the teams that were inoperable had an old version of the Driver Station software.

Recommend that ALL teams make sure they have the latest software on the DS before they leave for their regionals.

Lot of tubes being thrown into the arena. There was really no issue with one team stealing another teams tubes. They would spend all their time picking up tubes near their end of the field. Most HPs are throwing more than half way across the field.

Very few under-inflated tubes on the field.

Teams need to be able to pick up tubes from the field. Going to the feeding station is a waste of time.

Few mini bot deployments. Plenty of mini bots, but few deployments.

Speed is king, getting tubes on the scoring pegs is very important. Also scoring the ubertubes in autonomous is important.

Teams playing defense can definitely slow a speedy team down by making it hard to maneuver and pick up tubes.

It's a fun game to watch. The variety of lift mechanisms is entertaining. I think it is entertaining for the general public to watch. Lots of action with tubes flying everywhere.

The Alamo is hosted in a great venue. 64 teams in the pits and they still look empty. The people running the regional are awesome. I've met so many great people its impossible to mention them all. But everyone is friendly, the vet teams are definitely stepping up to help the teams that need it. I've personally worked with several of them helping teams get running. Special shout out to the guy from NI (Joe?) helping teams get DS software up to date. Big shout out to 16 for helping many rookie teams. Fantastic Week 1 inaugural regional.

Alamo ROCKS!