[Foster]

FRC Season
-1 Figure out the game
-2 Build a robot to play the game
-3 Show up with two other robots and play
-4 Adjust your strategy

I'm super thrilled about the new 2015I5D. I get to see 5-7 teams do steps one and two in 3 days. And then I get to see three top mentors (Paul, Karthik and JVN) talk about the last two steps. The only way it could get better is to have a Poof talk about step 4 along with the others. In the last 3 years their "oh, well then, we could do THIS" has been a real game changer.

I look at this as a floats all boats opportunity. I love the chance for teams that don't have a clue can get one, teams that do OK can get some added info, and teams that have been on the top in the past hear the footsteps of others.

We've talked lots about team retention, teams that get crushed don't come back. This is one of the few ways for them to see quality in action and maybe make the second and third years.

I'd rather watch events where all robots move and all robots score. Based on the "2015 - Ice Game", I'd rather see 12-11 winners vs 54-2.