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There was a lot of good competition. A bit of a rough day for us, as we had to retread the wheels a few times, and have had a mystifying problem tweaking an autonomous mode that works on the practice field but does something completely different on the competition field. Still we have scored at least one ball every match the first day in teleop, so that's something. I am glad that this year our overriding design principle was robustness. Because there is just a lot of contact in this game. It reminds me of 2006, which was I believe the first year for bumpers as well.

The end of our day was hectic, as we were in Q60, then the last scheduled match at Q65 then a replay of Q32 immediately following. Q60 and Q32 were probably our best played matches all day. In Q60 we started off three successful three assist cycles and in Q32 we finished off three 40 point cycles. It vividly demonstrated how important all three robots being on the same page is.

The venue is great. I like the big, open pit area separated from the competition field (and its noise) by a wall rather than a curtain. You can carry on normal voiced conversations in the pit. (Which is really important when you spend all day swapping The seating in the competition area is a bit snug, but the small size makes that easily bearable. You are really right on top of the competition.