[Conor Ryan]

I agree too, its a matter of Yes and No

Yes, there were a lot of scouts, as always. But instead of scouting technical aspects of a robot they were more intrested in the abilities of it. This year's game was VERY heavy on strategy, there were several matches when Robots with better strategy were able to beat out some robots that we're clearly better than them.

And No, I was one of maybe 2 other technical scouts that i saw at the championship. Their were probably more but I didn't see them really. I mostly went around to robots that i knew had features that stood out and studied and asked how they worked. I got into great conversations with great people on 16, 45, 111, 229, 233, 254, 365 and many, many more on how their robots worked and how some of their features worked and how they got around to fabricating took place. But in the conversations I had I definetly got the impression that people didn't get the chance to talk to other students about how they designed and built parts.

Anyway, what I got to do was talk to a ton of people as well as get some more ideas into my head on how to do stuff next year. If people are intrested in this I highly reconmend trying it out at whatever competition your in next. It would be awesome to see more people get into this type of scouting next year, its a lot of fun and a great way to meet people too. And it never hurts to have a few MORE ideas.