[Gabe Salas Jr.]

I originally wanted to watch the PeachTree Regional, but there was some problems with the webcast. So I frantically searched for another webcast perhaps for another regional, and I found UTC! Kudos to whoever set it up. There was probably a two or three second delay in audio, but at least it is something. The video feed is pretty good, sometimes the color tinting would change from blue to green, but it was bearable. Also, when I maximized the webcast to fit the entire screen of my monitor, there was some pixelation, but not as horrific as it often gets with Real Player Webcasts (I believe from NASA). Again, good job to whoever set it up!

As for what I saw at this regional, there were a lot of ball handling robots! Many of which were able to hang, which kind of surprised me. At UCF, the majority of robots were bar-hanging. This regional helped us learn much, since we have not had any matches (yet) with awesome ball handling robots. I also have to comment on the high scores. This regional probably had the highest average qualifying scores yet. It will be interesting to see what type of robots will dominate the competition at Nationals for this year. I hope to see some of you guys in Atlanta!