[Taylor]

My family and I were there as spectators on Saturday. No team affiliation, just there to watch some robots firsthand.
Having to go get lanyards & badges was an unnecessary complication. If FIRST is going to promote this event to the local public (city bus wraps, billboards, etc), why make it difficult to attend?

There was no signage or anything else explaining the game around the EJD - or the America's Center from what I could see. Given, my family and I knew what was going on, but once again, for random families coming in, it would have been distractingly confusing.

The game was what you make of it. In many respects, it reminds me of car racing. Some people really enjoy the strategy, the engineering, the teamwork employed; others think it's boring until somebody crashes.

The entire Einstein experience was embarrassing. I was glad I hadn't brought prospective team sponsors with me. Horrible audio, ridiculously long wait between matches, poorly executed crowd engagement routines. We ended up leaving before finals because my kids were bored. Seriously. If robots can't hold the attention of a 6-year-old boy, something isn't right.
Maybe it was because turnaround time, which was about 6-7 minutes during the season, was roughly half an hour?

I wonder how many teams missed their flights, had to pay an extra day for charter bus getting home late, or got home way after curfew because the Einstein event was so poorly managed and executed.