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So of course as always, this is completely "unofficial".... but:

There's a "feature" in the field PLC network to tune the triggering on the towers to differentiate between base bot slams and the minibot top hat triggering. Needless to say that its a tough one to crack as when you think about the bots hitting the base hard, and then you have a 10' lever to throw around that switch plate at the top. So FIRST FRC Engineering Ryan at the NJ regional has been playing around with the tuning all weekend trying to figure out what works best as testing this in the lab was next to impossible being we didn't know how the competition bots would be interacting with the fields. Seems like he's finding the happy place for it. As always, refs have final authority on scoring...

Just like you guys know, no real substitute for Regional competitions, we've seen a few things pop up this week that didn't happen in Week 0 events, it'll all be sorted for Week 2, gotta love engineering development, keeps you on your toes...