What FIRST did RIGHT...

[Joe Johnson]

Hey guys,

Today for the first time, I saw the Breaker Panel from Innovation First

I don't want to get negative or anything, but it really made me MAD.

If you folks out there can see that beautiful improvement to the kit and hold it in your HANDS and still not mention it on this thread, well...

...you guys are just not trying, that's all!

I am serious. As a past FIRST inspector, as a FIRST Dad (go MechWarriors #573) and as a FIRST participant, I almost cried aloud, "Halleluia!" when I saw it.

It looks beautiful. Just what we need.

Now... ...are there other pearls laying amoung you swine?

I don't know, but you better not let me beat you to any more of them.

"Don't make me call my flying monkeys..."

Joe J.

P.S. I just searched on "panel" to see if perhaps I was wrongly blaming some of you. Ryan Foley gets a pass from the swine remark, "..that amazing breaker panel from IFI,..." though he didn't really give it its just due. But fair is fair.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

I really like the fact that any team can know where their bot is on the field at any time, using only parts and code supplied by FIRST!

Also, I am very glad there is no huge/complicated center piece to this years game. We constructed our goals and tetras in under an hour. Now, thats a new record!!

[Winged Wonder]

well, i'm excited! i'm going to keep this brief, since everything i was thinking someone has already mentioned on the thread, but this year FIRST really did a good job on leveling out the playing field. (no pun intended considering the floor is nice and flat this year) anyways, i guess what i'm trying to say that regardless if you are a rookie team or if you've been involved in FIRST for years, this Game has a lot of new things incorporated in it that really gives rookies a great fighting chance for once. There's a lot of room for imagination, i cant wait to see what everyone has come up with.

on behalf of pink, i wish everyone the best of luck.

[Iain McLeod]

Since no one has specifically mentioned this so far, I would like to congratulate FIRST on finally making sure that there was nothing missing from the KOP this year. I'm always the one taking inventory, and usually it drives me crazy when I can't find several of the most important parts, but this year-- everything was there! A few pieces seemed to be missing, but within a day, after checking out this wonderful site, we found out what was up with those sensors and the 'missing' motors, so everything was there! It was definitely a relief to all of us out there who freak out about this.

I also like how, even with all the responsibilities loaded on the robots, the human players are still given important things to do, and are kept on their toes by use of those pressure mats.

I'll post more as I think of it.

[sirbleedsalot]

Game play. With 6 robots on the field and with the help with programing, people that are not involved with FIRST might come to watch the matches and not get board of watching and get involved in this fine org.

[Wetzel]

On your toes thinking required.


Wetzel