[Rickertsen2]

First off i do not mean to downplay the efforts that went into planning the nationals. I am merely expressing my individual opinions.

Today Was my team's first time ever attending the championships and i must say i am disappointed. I was expecting the same sort of environment as our regional only bigger and better. At regionals there is a sense of community and connectness which i am just not feeling. Everything is very spread out and chaotic. The pit announcements are garbled. It feels like a large city in which one is surrounded by millions but interacts with no one. After a while all the robots seem the same. I can't quite pinpoint why, but nationals just arn't very special to me. A number of factors arn't coming together to form the experience i know as FIRST. I am hoping that tomorrow, things will be more organized and out team more energized with a new outlook. Maybie i am just burnt out when it comes to FIRST. I was expecting something grand, and this is definately grand but only in size. I would really like to hear how other people feel. I know that i am probably in the minority.