[MrBydlon]

I was just thinking about doing a post like this Evan! Thanks for starting it!

That "all MN teams" stat is pretty crazy!

My biggest advice? Bring spare parts.

Other random notes:

No 525 Swartdogs is a pretty big change. They're dominated competition at 10K for quite a few years in a row. I mean, they've made the finals every year the event has been around and won the Regional the past 3 years. Last year, they also won Chairman's.

Another big absence will be 3018 Nordic Storm. They won Engineering Inspiration last year and kicked butt at Duluth already this year (we would know, haha).

It'll be interesting to see how teams who have been to a competition already this season will adjust to the hard hitting battles (2052, 2470, 2502, 2750, 3081, 3184, 3313, any others?). We definitely learned a lot at Duluth and by watching more Regionals the past couple weeks.

My biggest concern is consistent foul calls throughout qualifying and elimination rounds. Watching Wisconsin and how the refs really focused on calling "high speed ramming" fouls only in Elims has me a little worried. But I hope with a week to let the new rule stew, the calls are made consistently. It is what it is; I just want to go into each match with a general idea of what is allowed and what is not.

But yeah! We are super excited! I've been to 10K for 4 years now and it's so awesome to get to know so many of the teams throughout the years.

Cannot wait to see everyone and play Aerial Assault... I mean Aerial Assist!

Is it Thursday yet?