So what are some of the 1st things you are going to do at worlds (other than unpacking, checking in, inspection etc.) I am talking about what to eat, what to play or even if you are meeting other teams to start relationships with them. Me personally, I’m going to jump in the hotel pool like how me and my team did in 2022, it just brings nostalgia for some reason.
(my bad for the wording, just don’t know how to say it)
I did not make it to worlds this year 
but last year are group of teams had ice cream and play Marco polo in the hotel pool.
Not even joking, last year our schools 3 teams (about 20 people) got together and played smash bros at night in one hotel room But what we usually do the first day we arrive is eat at this place called Rodeo Goat, it’s been a school tradition for like 3 years.
It all depends on what’s your team’s objectives and goals when going to worlds.
If the main focus is just to get the exposure, then yes - please go out and make friends and connections and have a list of teams that you want to learnt from and visit their booths.
if the team’s main objective is just to have fun - then by all means jump into the pool and spend all your time inside.
If your team’s main objective is to be competitive and try to progress as far as possible, then you will need to do your scouting, fine-tune your autonomous, etc.
Enjoyment and sightseeing will come after the tournament.
So there is no 1 answer that will fits all.
The issue with the removal of editing feature… I need to put up another post.
I must say that making friends and connections and visiting booths, etc - this should be done regardless of the team’s goals and objectives.
Last year, my friend brought his entire ps4 to play after the day would end 
It was fun playing fortnite split screen after playing wall ball at the AT&T square thing 
What is this after the tournament you speak of? I got high stakes bot to build.
that’s where you don’t understand us…
Our enjoyment = having fun doing Ri1D
And our sightseeing = looking at the field setup for High Stakes
Very much agreed, and it accomplishes some other tasks along the way as well. Even if the main intent is not to do scouting, just by proxy of walking around and learning/talking to other teams, you can spot their robots and note details. Also, it never hurts to make friends before alliance selection.
After inspection, unless the robot is falling apart, I go around and view the other pits and get the merch they give out (such as stickers, 3D printed parts, and pins).
We also go and get some bbq, and go around and see our friends from my state.
Oh that’s practically tradition at every competition my team travels to, except we bring a Nintendo switch and have it connect to the hotel TV. The two games we usually bring are smash and mario kart. Hotels usually let you borrow an HDMI cable free of charge so you only really need to bring the docking station.
Theres some nice Texas BBQ places that I often arrange to eat at with some of my international/interstate friends I know from robotics. Thats always a blast.
I like to talk to other teams, whether it’s just to chat or for scouting & strategy.
We will probably say hi to the Rocky Mountain rangers as they are my favorite team other than Altona 
I’m gonna go get some of the root beer.
I think it’s called Pecos Pete’s and it is absolutely amazing, they had a store for it near where all of the other food is inside of the convention center. I’m pretty sure its coming back this year (I really hope so cause it was one of the best parts of our trip to Worlds last year.)
you must really love the root bear lol
Root bear
1st thing you should do is come to our pit (1239E) and watch matches on our projector set-up (nonbiased 
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what? it’s not my fault it’s really good.
if you haven’t, you really should get some.
and last i checked its root beer not a bear made out of roots.