The Seattle Regional is over, and it was a smoothly-running machine. We finished Friday six minutes early, and everything Saturday was running on rails. We had one field crash Saturday morning that caused a 3-minute delay, and during Finals 2 (of course it was the last match
) the start button bounced and went from "off" to "start" to "pause." This caused about a 1-minute delay while the robots (which had moved about a foot) were rolled back into place and the match was restarted.
Alliances featuring 1280 and 488 made it to the finals, where 488 managed to win the clash of the Big Dumpers. Personally, I think it was smart defense that won the event for 488/1425/1569. 1294 and 2660 were not quite as good in their supporting roles (this time). If these two alliances played these finals ten times, I think there is a good chance they would go five-and-five.
It's such a pleasure working at an event that ran so smoothly. I <heart> the FTA team (three people) at this event, and the other volunteers were just great. Not as much dancing as some other FRC events I've attended, though, as there was very little reason to use up time.
If you like to watch the action, volunteer to be a scorekeeper. We are busy BETWEEN matches, but don't have anything to do during the competition except watch the robots.
