Great report and worth waiting a few weeks for. It's easy to become cynical about the organization, but this is an example of FIRST doing things right.
Quick thoughts:
- Disappointed but not really surprised that there was intentional interference. It's been a huge risk and getting worse now that many participants are carrying at least one 801.11n capable device in their pocket.
- Surprised that even the top-tier teams had so many electrical and software problems. I've seen a variety of issues among the regular teams at regionals and this does all suggest that control system support is inadequate even now that we're at the end of it's 4th season.
- The overall programming model is not well understood, as evidenced by the multiple issues with *Continuous methods. Better documentation here will be very welcome.
- Similarly, two thumbs up for the promised FMS whitepaper.
- Unfortunately the "individual" will become known. Not that many people are on/next to Einstein during the finals, and this community is too curious/dogged for the information to remain hidden.