2012 Lessons Learned:The Negative

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Better webcasts. I didn't really watch so many before this year because I was always going to the regionals with the team. I'd say the GKC Regional is probably a model other regionals/districts should try to reach/emulate.

It has:

• Almost instant access to matches, so if you barely miss seeing a team play, you aren't out of luck.
• A semi-permanent archive
• A good connection

These were things that it seemed like a lot of regionals lacked. Quality was definitely an issue with some regionals. I had to watch one regional 1986 went to with the sound off because the stream skipped every few seconds.

I'm not sure why FIRST doesn't try to do something like the Blue Alliance for themselves. It seems like they should be interested in keeping archive footage. I'm also not sure why FIRST is staying out of providing the webcasts to begin with either.