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The announcer at GLR did a good job explaining penalties. I hear that there were many fewer than the first week regionals. I liked the game. It gave our team (a 2nd year team) a fighting chance.

Also, given that Team 66 was the only team I saw or have heard of to score a vision tetra, I would not say that the game was too easy. Otherwise, I think we all would be able to do it. It is as hard as the autonomous was last year. Last year we accomplished it once in a practice round. This year we pushed a vision tetra but could never lift it.

I thought it was exciting this year.

It may be that FIRST was looking for a way for teams to not drop out. It seemed that lots of teams did not come back this year. I am not sure if it was funding or what. Some Regionals did not fill up this year. If they make it too challenging they run the risk of teams dropping out. This year they said their goal was to allow all teams to build a robot that could compete and yet challenge the long term teams to dig deeper and do more with the code and strategy. It was fun to see that each team had a chance.

I can hardly wait to see what next year brings.