just one quick thing before the final regional competition (which will be my team’s last competition for this season, and my last OCCRA competition forever 
what kind of things did teams do during the lamphere competition? what did they change from previous competitions? any new incredible devices? big scores? anything interesting?
I’m sure that others can fill in on this a lot more, but you saw a LOT of activity around the arrow, including the first(I think) actual scoring on the arrow itself. The stats pages will be updated tonight, so you can get more info that way…
we cut some grooves into our tires and decorated a bit but that was it 
team 27 now has arms(plural cause there 2 of them) that can pick up tubies. And there were more teams that could put tubies on the arrows, and there were actually some fights for the arrow.
More emphasis has be placed on the arrow- I can now think off the top of my head 4 teams that are capable of moving the arrow (well… more like “really good at it”) - 3, 27, 47, and 245. And out of those, 47 and 245 can put tubies on top of the arrow, and that can really build up some points. I still remember the big battle between 3 and 245 as the highlight of the day.
Any changes to the placebo planned?: None for Berkeley
_Alex