[Jim]

I don't think we'll be seeing an undefined tether rule again any time soon.

I feel bad for the teams that engineered a good extendor or mini-bot and felt cheated by those that slapped on a tape measure. Ditto for the refs from different field making very subjective calls on the tethers. Imagine how the game would have been different if the rule had been better defined or not there at all.

I do think that they did a good job a creating a fun to watch game.

This was my first year. Do you think they will retain the field dimensions for next year? How drastically has it changed year to year in the past? I heard about last year's being a bit confusing to spectate and score.

Most importantly, how similar is the kit of parts and add'l hardware list year to year? I was planning on working with the kids thru the year by doing a motorized cart and better pit layout. The idea being to sharpen CAD skillls (theirs and mine) as well as experiment with some tranny designs. Of course, in the spirit of garcious professionalism, only ideas would be carried into the 6 week build session.