[pmangels17]

I'll remember it as a fantastic recovery from the 2015 game, and consider it an extension of the GDC's excellent streak that started in 2010 (some would argue 2012) for fantastic games. Stronghold has been an absolute blast to watch. It's design challenges were unique, and the Stronghold game produced a diverse field of creative designs to play the game. So many different and wonderful strategies and robots came from this game. The vision challenge was actually really meaningful and impactful this year. The finals were exciting at both the district/regional and championship level. The game was complex and nuanced, yet I could still explain it to someone in a couple sentences. The theming was actually really fun, and it was great to see the teams who ran with it all the way. In my mind, FIRST Stronghold was a gleaming success for FRC. I won't remember it as the year of fouls. There are fouls every year (2014) but that didn't detract from the overall fantastic gameplay that Stronghold provided.