2013 Lessons Learned: The Positive

[MARS_James]

Guys lets do our best to make this Positive Thread be longer then the negative one, We did it last year with Einstein being what it was we can do it this year:


Quick List:
Straight forward ranking system
New Game piece
Exciting Endgame
Straight forward scoring
Balanced game between Auto, Tele, and Climb
The addition of 2 more full Cims to be used legally
WildCard.


Long Elaborating List:

The volunteers at the two regionals and championship were the best I have dealt with in my 8 years attending events, (And no I am not just saying that because Ed was doing queuing at Orlando and Newton, though I am sure it helped), It seems like we are getting to the point where the volunteers at are a part of or at the very least "get" what FIRST is about.

Ri3D should get support from FIRST if they need it since though my team had to deal with our share of bots that could not score disks, the number was MUCH less than I thought it would be before I found out about Ri3D. I feel many teams were able to build scoring machines thanks to this crews videos and I really hope they continue.

This years game allowed the return of defense that I feel we have sorely missed since 2006/2007, allowing for upsets that would not have been possible with all the protected areas of previous games.

FIRST being willing to admit: "You know what we were wrong and we are sorry" This was done through the change of the throwing disks at the end of a match (which now that I have done a whole season and have not been a part of a match where at least one colored disk on each side was not thrown clean over the field) I think was a smart move on their part. This also goes on to the hand counting of disks since the weight sensors were not going to work and we as a community knew it. Last for this point Semi-final 1 match 2 on Einstein with the score being falsely reported I feel horrible for the Newton Teams but imagine if FIRST would have bit their tongue to save face? We would have new World Champs right now.