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Unread 30-04-2013, 21:28
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Re: 2013 Lessons Learned: The Positive

To get us to 100...

A couple positives.

1) Bumper rules. I think finally we got many of the teams all on the same boat finally...
2) Frisbee... Awesome. We have to train the next group of ultimate Frisbee players.. i mean scientists and engineers. Heck before Central Valley's Pits opened my team was playing ultimate instead just sitting around. A game piece that is fun to play with but difficult to pick up is just classic.
3) Versa Planetary... OMG I love this little gear box. Turns itself into a wonderful COTS solution to many of our driving systems.
4) Central Valley Regional and Week 1. I totally enjoyed the regional and the difficulties of week 1 play. I think all teams to toughen up and play a week 1.
5) Wildcards... To an extent. Good Good Good for late regional events and for teams that didn't qualify that should have... BAD BAD BAD for week 1 regional attendees. begs the questions on why go to week 1? Need a soln for this.
6) Long Beach Regional.. Another great venue put on by an amazing set of volunteers. As our home regional its great to see all the familiar faces and new rookies all the time
7) The rise of Orange County FRC teams. After my 7+ years of FRC experience we are finally seeing FRC in Orange County starting to blossom. Steel will be sharpening steel in So Cal!
8) Bag motors, MiniCIMS and CIMs Oh my!.. loved the new motors
9) Good for us.. but not necessarily AM's bottom line.. But VexPro triggering a price reduction on Motor Controllers.. Hope the prices stay!
10) And finally an overall well put together game. I am bias when saying 2010 was my favorite but this one was memorable
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