A Recycle Rush Reflection

[Sunshine]

I had been concerned from the beginning about this game having no audience appeal. I talked with several people who attended our first regional. Half had never been to a FIRST competition before, the other half had not been to an event for a couple of years. Both groups loved this game. One engineer (never been to event b4) commented on enjoying seeing a real engineering challenge versus a sporting like event. Two indicated (had been to events before) that they liked not seeing defense where inferior robots just try to get in your way.

I get the fact that predictably may concern some. But always knowing that a 16-17 year old is in control of the bot indicates that anything can and will happen. The human factor is still there giving unpredictable outcomes.

For those who complain about knowing outcomes when two great alliances get together............ Same complaint we hear year after year. It gets old.