Part 2, The Competition:
WOW. That was fantastic. Seeing so many teams, from around the world, was so cool! One of my favorite parts was walking around in the pits and hearing over 5 different languages, and it was so diverse!

One of my main goals was pin collecting, and I'd say it was pretty successful! I got a lot of cool ones, and heading back, all my pins took up a third of my suitcase. I snagged a few stickers as well, including a great "Y'all means all" sticker, though I don't remember what team it's from.

I didn't watch a ton of matches, it was very loud with thousands of people in the stands. There were a few robots that were pretty cool though. One of them, my favorite, dropped two arms onto the charge station on the end, and tilted itself over and onto it to balance. It could do that right at the end of a match, and alliance partners didn't have to worry about adjusting to balance. There were also a few robots with googly eyes! #googlyeyesforever I missed some, uh, *interesting* parts (#tinyboy???) (Simon Says??) but the stories fill me in just fine.