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Hopefully if they do it again there they re-think the layout and add more viewing seats so not as many people are around the teams competing. Overall I have no real complaints on the venue its was fun and kinda of neat being semi outside. |
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It's possible that it was one of the Judge's kids. (Although, knowing the bulk of the Judges from SD and LA, I doubt that's the case.)
Should the kid have been there? Depends on whose kid he was. An older student or adult watching him would have helped to prevent this sort of situation. This is NOT limited to little kids. I was at a regional doing some job (RI, perhaps?) and didn't realize that I was getting closer and closer to the field to grab balls that were coming out of play. The Regional Director put his hand on my shoulder and pulled me back. (Yes, I'm still embarrassed about this, but big enough to admit it.) If you've never volunteered field side, I guarantee you that it is extremely difficult to follow anything going on outside of your role. - Judges - Watch specific robots to see how they perform - Referees - Watch specific areas of field or robots to track rules violations/scoring - FTA - Watches field to see if anything needs repair between matches - Field Supervisor - Tracks time, communicates with other groups to let them know what's happening field side, such as which match is competing, among other tasks - CSA - ??? (This is new to me.) - LRI - Watches robots to see if anything is not within the rules at the start of the match, changes were made to robot that wasn't inspected, or damage to robot to know what inspectors need to follow up on These are just a handful of the positions that are field side. Since ALL of the field side positions are busy, who is supposed to have been responsible for spotting the kid and keeping him from doing what he did? Knowing the great group that puts on the SD regional, they will address this situation if they end up in the same venue next year provided they get the necessary input. (Boltman and other SD regional participants need to get an email to the Regional Director or someone on the Regional Committee.) |
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CSA-Control System Advisor
Basically, if somebody's control system is having fits, an orange hat will descend upon their pit (or be summoned to the robot) and help them figure out the problem. |
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I was sitting on the opposite side of the field and watched this happen. To me it looked like the kid picked up a ball from outside the field and put it in, but obviously that was not the case. The mom reacted, but as soon as the kid stepped away from the field, she turned her attention back to the game.
After the incidence, the mother and two kids were asked to leave the field area. |
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Yeah, we noticed this and brought it up to the FTAs and head ref. It didn't affect the outcome of the match.
The venue was pretty small and we did have issues with non-badged (driver team, volunteers) individuals walking field side. Fortunately, the event ran rather smoothly toward the end of Friday and all-day Saturday! |
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So this isn't exactly what happened in this clip but at our district event, there were a few instances in which a boulder was shot, hit the tower, and left the field. Sometimes, the boulder was given to a HP to be bowled back in. Other times, a volunteer or whoever got the Boulder would reach their hands in and set the Boulder right next to the wall. What is the correct way to renter these boulders per rules? The reason I bring this up is because we were the main team at the event that launched boulders outside the field via ricochet of the tower. I'm not on the drive team but it appeared that we made sure if the boulders were placed into the field in any way that wasn't through the HP, we didn't want to touch them.
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EDIT: Cheated the system, saw the video. That's actually pretty scary. What's more, it kinda was in the general vicinity of at least 2 robots, so I'm sorta surprised a ref didn't notice. They have enough to worry about I guess. |
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3.2 Match Logistics: BOULDERS that exit the FIELD over a GUARDRAIL during a MATCH are placed back into the FIELD approximately at the point of exit by FIELD STEWARDS (REFEREES, FTAs, or other staff working around the FIELD) at the earliest safe opportunity. BOULDERS that exit the FIELD over a CASTLE WALL during a MATCH are returned to the COURTYARD at the corner of the GUARDRAIL and CASTLE by FIELD STEWARDS at the earliest safe opportunity. |
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As a mother my first thought was... Where are the children's parents? A short wall is not sufficient protection between a small child and several 120 lb machines programmed and controlled by students.
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