Let's use this thread to tell things you saw in the regionals you were that were unbelieveble or simply special, things that you don't see everyday in FIRST competitions, interesting things you want to share with us.
I'll start:
Pacific Northwest Regional (Seattle-WA)
1) In the first 30 seconds of a match ALL THE ROBOTS WERE DEAD. No, it wasn't a big coincidence that all robots failed: the competition's program failed, the system operators made a mistake or something, and the match started again after some minutes.
2) The floor in the pits was carpet. I had never seen that before.
3) There was a team from Brazil playing there.
just kidding
4) Woddie was the guy saying "1,2,3,go!", Dean went there and the founder of Amazon.com went there too.
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Rodrigo Ribeiro
#383 - The Brazilian Machine