[kapolavery]

Even though this my second year of competition, I have to say that this is by far my best year.
A lot of people said the things I liked this year,
but here's a couple I wanted to say:

A lot of people complained about how the HP had too much of an effect on the game's outcome therefore veteran teams with superbly built bots had to compete with rookie teams that had an "ok" robot that could just drive around while they used their HP to score.
I thought that this was good because then rookie teams could compete on par with teams that have been doing this for a long time.

Another thing I noticed was about how rebuilding a practice field because of the flooring was costly and that's why the field should just be carpet.
True it does cost money, but isnt the whole purpose of FIRST to inspire engineering and to tackle any challenges caused by the game?

Basically, I enjoyed this year's game because it wasn't just a game. It had real life applications such as robots and humans interacting to get a job done.
It simulated what it would be like driving on the moon as well as celelbrated how far we've come/advances we've made since then..

but that's just my opinion.

theres prolly a whole list of real life applications that this year's game had.
and maybe too in previous years.