[Nemo]

I'm mostly echoing other people, but these things were all such great things that I want to add my voice.

1) Amazing game that forced trade-offs and made us want alliances with different types of robots and allowed matches to play out in a variety of ways (contrast with 2011)

2) Transparency from Frank and quick responses to some concerns raised during the season - this has been great.

3) KoP vouchers and AndyMark voucher in particular were really great. Having choices is a very good thing since teams have different needs and different plans. FIRST Choice can be a very good thing as long as some common sense changes are put in place - please keep doing FIRST Choice.

4) Wild cards are great. I'd love to see this expanded a little bit to cover some situations when teams deserve a wildcard but don't get one.

5) Early availability of the Championship match schedule was great.

6) Apart from FIRST HQ stuff, we have great new robot COTS product offerings this year. VexPro's launch was great. I'm thrilled by the Talon and Victor 888. AndyMark has great new stuff (like 4" FIRST wheels) and lower prices. Options are up and costs are down, and competition is good for FRC teams.

7) Simpler bumper rules.

8) Pneumatic rules continue to gradually open up, after years of only being allows to use one certain component by one certain manufacturer.

9) Frame perimeter instead of 28x38 constraint has been great.

10) The ranking system makes sense and offers no bizarre incentives to score points for your opponents.

11) Running practice matches prior to Einstein was smart.

12) Getting information about what would be in the Kit of Parts before the season was helpful. And being able to order some of the materials before the season started was very nice. Having generally useful items on hand for the first day is great.