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Originally Posted by GGCO
Overall, I thought that the level of competition was less than what I experienced in the Michigan State Championship. You can definitely tell which teams only played one regional, and they were the ones that really hurt your alliance.
The crowd was just dead Thursday and Friday. When ever my team mates tried to stand and cheer, they would constantly get yelled at by another team (who by the way, wasn't even scouting). Seriously, lighten up guys. These matches are much more fun to watch when the crowd is wild.
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I had forgotten to mention that. For those that were not there, we had NO opening ceremony prior to the start of qualifications on Thursday. Practice matches were being run, and they switched over to qualifications. The announcement on our field literally amounted to "This will be the first qualification match of the day. 3...2...1... Go". Very anti-climatic and didn't get anyone interested or jumpstarted. The matches on Thursday just seemed like more practice matches after that until the official kick-off Friday.
On another note, Dean should be thanked for making himself as available as he does. He stopped by the different fields and a number of our students got to talk to him and shake his hand and get their shirts signed. It was a memorable experience.
Also, I know that arguments about who should be allowed at worlds can be made for both sides, but I'm all for having teams earn their way in via a point system of some sort. There were a shocking number of robots on the field who could barely drive (or this may have been limited to just our field). The number of cards (red and yellow) handed out to teams on Thursday was shocking.