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The most exciting part for me was to get to see all the good teams up close and in-person since 1619 wasn't invited to Championships this year. The level of competition was so much different from any other event we attended in the past, which was a lot of fun. All the robots were incredibly well built and the matches truly came down to who executed their strategy the best.

Seeing all the different robot designs (and robot cart designs) was really cool in the pits. 118 in particular had an interesting design for their shooting mechanism that allowed them to shoot with any degree of power. 1806 had a robot cart that both drove under its own power and included a scissor lift that could raise or lower the platform that the robot sat on if you wanted to work on it.

Our team (me especially) learned a lot by coming and I hope I get the opportunity to do so again next year. It was been my favorite competition out of those that I've ever attended.