I recently was fortunate enough to be a ref at a regional competition. Between the ES and MS days, there were approximately 400 qualifying matches, then the 20 finals matches. There were a lot of memorable matches but one in particular that stood out. A MS team showed up with what I can only describe as a “stripped-down Huey”. The team told me their 180 never worked, so they built the new bot at the last minute. I called it a “stripped-down hot rod” bot given how few parts it appeared to use. Essentially a drivetrain with stripped-down Huey elevator and a rudimentary claw. They were also good at driving it - no pin guides or anything - they lined everyting up by driving alone.
The memorable match was when they showed up and said they had accidentally deleted their drive code. They didn’t want a “no show” so they were going to put their bot in the corner and sit and watch while working on recoding their bot during the match. It was suggested they could use the default drive code built into all the brains. Of course that code had preset brain ports and controller settings that did not match the ports their bot used for motors. The left joystick ended up moving their elevator, but the right joystick worked for one of the drivetrain motors (but not both, and not synchronized). I gave them 30 seconds to “practice” before starting the match. They figured out how to “stutter step” drive the bot using the right joystick, the R UP button, and one of the F buttons. They knocked off 3 starting pins this way, and didn’t interfere with their alliance partner. Rather than being frustrated, they seemed to totally enjoy the challenge and the stutter-stepping and were laughing and high-fiving at the end of the match.