[AHS1599]

I have to say that as a first year parent volunteer, I am totally pleased with the results of our team's efforts. They built a robot that could place ringers and that had a low angle ramp with room for 2 bots on the top at 14" (even when a wheel went over the edge and dropped, they still qualified for the full 30 points). I personally feel privileged to have been a part of it. The cooperation between the teams as they strategized before each match just got better as the days went along too.
In the end, the game was finally understood and the winning alliance knew that to win meant getting the longest line of consecutive ringers as well as 2 robots over 12" for the full 60 points. I think the next regionals and championship tournaments will show the full potential of the game and we will see the spoilers brought to bear too (something that really hadn't matured during this regional). The final winning alliance will have to master all of these skills and strategies to climb to the top...