Scrimmages: your thoughts

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So to those of us who attended scrimmages what are your thoughts after seeing the game played?

We attended team 151’s Week Zero Event in Nashua, NH which was a great event and many thanks to team 151 and the FIRST staff. Our day was harsh but a lot was learned and I am glad it wasn’t at the regional. 4/6 matches were spent with blinking lights from radio/code problems and the two matches we did move were the only ones in which our minibot wasn’t going to work! Our team left with a lot of new thoughts on approach and have a lot to do! Even with the issues it was a great experience to get some time with the real field system and FMS.

Thoughts on the game:

  1. It is really hard to tell your distance from the yellow to blue or red/opponent home zone so really watch our for your location the field.

  2. Tubes being thrown. Since today was practice with teams testing human players I wasn’t surprised to see a ton of tubes on the field, but tubes on the field really played a difference in that most of the time teams didn’t have to travel all the way to their human player but cleaned up in the middle of the field.

  3. Remember the logo! You are scoring in front of you so remember that if you see a perfect logo on your rack in front of you, you have a problem! :wink:

So what were your thoughts?

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Brendan,

I don’t know if you saw this thread in the General forum. I’m glad to see some discussions following the scrimmages.

Jane

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Thanks, I have no idea how I missed it! I agree, it was very eye opening seeing the game up close.

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Yup. I’ve been waiting to see if this would be the reaction. Great anniversary game, I think.

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Oh yes! For being so similar to the 2007 game as my first reaction it has a completely different feel.