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Re: 2013 Lessons Learned: The Positive

There were so many things first did right, I will just focus on the Championship for this post while the thoughts are fresh.

I worked with the folks in Archimedes:

The perimeter rule sped up the initial weigh-in and sizing a bit. This in general kept the line down other than end of the day Wednesday when about 30 teams decided to get weighted 40 minutes before pits close (note to teams, do this as soon as you possibly can in the future).

The field crew was top notch, and I noticed that there was a lot less "rushing" of teams. In general most of the volunteers around queing were a lot more cordial.

I also liked on Archimedes that a couple of times, when ahead of schedule, the FTAs allowed for a little extra time for teams to attempt to get their bots going. This helped 2 young teams make their matches. A third young team had a wiring issue, that was just un-solvable in the 5 minute window they had, but the FTAs made a real effort to try and help them play.

The treatment of Volunteers was outstanding. Great food, easy check-in. 2 t-shirts for those of us doing 4 days!

Overall, a great time.
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