2013 Lessons Learned: The Positive

[Libby K]

-Frank Merrick as (Acting?) FRC Director has been nothing short of fantastic. Communicative, open to new ideas, and really cares about this community. If the 'acting' part still exists in his title, it should be dropped. FRC definitely needs him to stick around to keep things in a positive direction.
-Wildcard system, as already stated, has been really great.
-Ultimate Ascent is my favorite game in a long time. Diverse options for teams.
-Volunteers have (mostly) been really friendly and engaging at events.
-Suppliers and vendors like VEXpro and AndyMark gave teams so many options to work with.

I'm really happy with how this season has gone, for the most part.
2013's been good.

[Anupam Goli]

The length of this compared to the negatives thread doesn't dictate how much FIRST has done right this year. FIRST has gone above and beyond previous years to ensure we have a great experience.

• Obviously Wild cards are one of the most well received things FIRST has ever done. Seeing championships and the competition level was just amazing
• The game. FIRST has knocked one out of the park again. It's exciting. It's engaging. It requires strategies and tradeoffs in design, and most of all, it's spectator friendly. Thank you GDC, for making this game so enjoyable
• Frank's blog and his openness has gotten rid of the black box image of HQ. Thank you for listening and showing us why hard decisions are made.
• The resources that FIRST has provided has allowed teams to go custom for much cheaper. Thank you again for all of these COTS vouchers.

[Zebra_Fact_Man]

Originally Posted by Libby K

-Ultimate Ascent is my favorite game in a long time. Diverse options for teams.

Out of curiosity, what would be THE favorite game, of all time, then?

[Thad House]

Originally Posted by Zebra_Fact_Man

Out of curiosity, what would be THE favorite game, of all time, then?

Alot of people pick 2004 as THE favorite game of all time for many of the same reasons is people like this years game. These 2 games all required major strategy decisions, and everything bots were next to impossible.

[JesseK]

I hope it's not 9 more years before we see another game like this one

[Oblarg]

My favorite game, hands-down, was Overdrive. Line violations notwithstanding, of course. Those sucked. But the game was awesome.