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Originally Posted by stefanp
This was one of the greatest regionals to watch live... Everything was just amazing about the competition. The caliber of play was amazing, the MCing was extraordinary, the field reset crew was SO fast, the audience was great! Just watching this regional inspired me to try to get my team to this same caliber. It was amazing recognizing so many teams and people that you saw in videos at this regional. A shame fouls had such a large impact on eliminations and there were some technical problems in the last match of the finals.
Watching this regional as a rookie makes you want to come here next year and compete with the best of teams. Also three ball hot goal auto by the poofs was something else to watch in real life.
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I'm going to underscore this here. A positive first-ever regional experience--Palmetto 2004--is one of the things that got me hooked on FRC way back as a student on 1293. Even when I've been with veteran teams, well-run events have had newbie students rearranging plans to attend the next event of the season.
Waterloo's pre-event hype had me plugging my laptop into my TV for the first time for elimination rounds, but as I watched the whole of the event I saw what really looked like a well-operating machine, reset to announcing fouls. No matter how one feels about the game or what transpired, Waterloo came across as running a tight ship.
Best of luck in North Bay!