[Karthik]

Simply put, in terms of the overall experience, Chezy Champs was easily the best off-season event I've attended. In fact, it might have been the best FRC event I've ever attended. It was nice to be at an event where the focus was on the teams, and all the volunteers worked to make sure the teams had the best experience possible. The event was what I would call "team friendly", which is something many FRC events have lost over the years. Each and every volunteer was most concerned with the teams having a great time, as opposed to being focused on their own experience. It was crazy how big of a difference this made in the event atmosphere.

Essentially the organizing committee found a way to capture all the things that make FRC awesome, while discarding the things that we've all grown frustrated with. I know I walked away with a lot of mental notes that I'm going to be taking forward to any events I end up being involved with in the future.

Thanks to Team 254 for inviting me out to this event and being such amazing hosts. It's been a long time since I've actually had fun MCing an FRC event, so thanks for reminding me what this all supposed to be about. Schedule permitting, I'll absolutely be back next year.