Suffield Shakedown 2016

[MarcD79]

Originally Posted by dradel

My team is beyond grateful for all those that put on the shakedown!! It is an invaluable asset to teams!
We learned a bunch today, and got to reconnect with other teams we haven't seen since last season.
Thank you so much for all you, and you team do to make it happen.

As the Field Supervisor, I had an interesting challenge today as you saw. For those who understood & had a great time I am happy I could provide what we did under the circumstances. I did have a great time watching all those fantastic robots today.
With the growing teams throughout the country & internationally & the fact that there are a lot of Game specific field pieces, FIRST just didn't have the pieces available at this time. They won''t be ready until just before week 1. Anything ready prior to this will be shipped to Israel & Australia as they actually start a couple of days before week 1.

Good luck to all teams in this competition!

[Chi Meson]

It's unfortunate that the official field wasn't ready for week 0. Not just because we could try our robot on the actual game pieces (and so it will remain a mystery whether or not our portcullus lifter will work--however we do know that in a pinch we can just drive right through it); but also in past years this was the opportunity for FIRST to discover issues with the field itself.

Now it will fall to the week 1 events to discover the problems of the field.

Although there were issues, the event was extremely useful and important for us, and we extend our gratitude to our hosts.