[KMeyers]

We attended 2 regionals last year- one was an hour away(no lodging), and the other was 3 hours away(required lodging).

This year, we attended 2 district events and one regional. Our first district was one hour away and our second district was 3 hours away, so with the exception of the regional we didn't experience any change in driving/lodging.

We did not qualify for DCMP, but if we had it would have been about a 1.5 hour drive, and lodging would have been preferable but not required.

Overall, I was fairly pleased with the district system. The 6 hours out of bag time instead of a practice day allowed us to make more efficient use of the time and iterate on our design. The additional matches(our robot played about 40 this year) definitely took a toll on the robot; major breakages during matches were a large part of the reason we didn't qualify for DCMP. I think this season was a learning experience for our team- we will definitely build a more robust robot next year.