[Karibou]

All that I can really say is that I'm impressed. I'm impressed with some of the actions taken by some teams that CLEARLY did not fall under the umbrella of Gracious Professionalism. I'm impressed with the teams who handled the event with cool heads, and left the event still smiling. Next year, when the regional WILL run smoothly, you can bet that those teams will be the leaders and will be the ones to get the most out of it. Hopefully, the rookie teams who did not have an enjoyable event will be completely awed by the experience of a fully-functional, 8-to-10-matches-per-team regional. As for the teams who decided to ignore all of the values and ideals of FIRST, well, let's hope that they've realized that the competitions are ONLY what YOU make them to be. If you put out a bad attitude, you will receive a bad attitude.

Thank you to all of the mentors and students who attended the event for your views, accounts, and input, even the ones whose posts have been interpreted as either borderline or flat-out rude (I think that we all know how hard it is to be civil when we're upset, frustrated, and disappointed).

Also, I have a question that may have been asked (I read the first half of this thread last night while working on my homework), but I don't think it was: did the controls system work last year? Was the same radio frequency used? If both are true, how much of a drastic change has the field electronics system gone through?