[Creator Mat]

What did people notice about the game after the first week of regionals is over?

Our team noticed that while the super cell is a game changer it does not just happen. you need a plan, teams where down and a super cell could have saved the match. but with like 25 seconds left teams where like (bleep) no empty cells, o well just have to hope for the best while there teams payload specialist still had all four. My suggestion to get around this by having teams get those empty cells out into play EARLY. You do not have to put it into a bot just stick it on the ground and hope someone gets it. The empty cells look similar enough to moon rocks that if their is a big pile in front of the outpost the payload specialist could put it into play without any one on the opposing team noticing. Then your alliance would just pick it up, put it in a air lock, and tada super cell for your scoring pleasure. (for all payload specialist please do not throw the empty cells that is a penalty, you have to shove them through the hole!!!!!!!!!)

Another thing we noticed unlike last year a broken or a no show bot is a killer. It is easily 30 free points to the opposing alliance. I saw a lot of teams get burned by this. yes i understand missing a match because your robot will not drive and you need the time to fix it. I understand a robot just not working on the field do to something going wrong. but please tell your alliance before hand. however, if your robot can drive but your ball handling systems are not working and you don't show, that is just not right. This years game from what i saw is not as brutal on your bot as last year. there is not as many (extreme) high speed collisions and robots tend to be more rugged because you can't have any parts sticking out that could be easily broken due to a collision. yes you lose repair time but this year you never know if your team will win (think Midwest regional number 8 seed beating number 1 seed 71,1114, and 1000). This is where i will also apologize to one of our alliances for being a broke bot and pretty much costing the alliance the match. our code didn't deploy right, so we would not run. SRRY