Probably not the only post to make these comments on, but....
This will be remembered as a watershed year for FIRST.
400 teams, 100 per division, matches starting Thursday afternoon, continuing to 8:30 that night, all day Friday, and the usual Saturday with final qualifications and Eliminations.....Our scouting team absolutely burned out. (Fortunately, ranking quite low, we didn't suffer for it.
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Too many teams. Too many matches. Teenagers are very good at creating amusing opportunities for themselves. That is why they are so enlightening to work with and hard to corral at times.
While you can imply a safety risk from the sharp pointy paper nose of the airplanes, the probability of someone, unaware of the plane, facing away from its trajectory, being injured, are lower than a hailstorm during Einstein,
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Originally Posted by Libby K
Before the matches/speakers/awards were fine. Down on the floor, a lot of the VIPs were amused by it. After the matches and speeches start? It was pretty disruptive.
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This pretty much sums up my feelings on the paper airplane issue.
There are things that will change after this year.
There are many intelligent people cogitating on the season.
We will engineer a better solution.
This was a great game this year. The winning alliance were teams with 15, 16, and 17 years in FIRST. The universe conspired and after all is said and one, the result was inspiring.