Personally, I was a bit underwhelmed with the extra sponsor stuff (i.e., NI and Autodesk's booths in the pits). However, this could simply have been because I was a lot busier on the robot than I was last year.
Also, at least in Archimedes, there didn't seem to be the same amount of enthusiasm that I experienced last year (and 2415's guilty of this too
).
The practice field could have been run better. Once, when we had a "No Code" error, the person directing the practice field was hovering and tinkering with our robot and its electronics! And the practice field directors were all being unsafe. There must be a better way to stop robots from moving than jumping on the field and holding your hands out.
But overall, I had just as great a time as last year. 1002 was awesome for picking us, and we were all extremely happy for our good friends and fellow Atlantian team 3091 (100 Scholars) winning the Rookie All Star Award! What an accomplishment!