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Re: Bills Blog- Yes, I知 already counting down to kickoff 2012
Here's an idea.
Einstein/FLL sitting ON the concert stage itself. FLL tables set up w/o Einstein field for Thursday and Friday, then the FLL tables are torn down before Friday night concert, and Einstein is put up on Saturday morning. This allows FLL to get a bigger spotlight, frees up room in the dome, and, let's be honest, watching Einstein and awards ceremony on a huge stage like that would be really freaking cool :) This means that the awards stage and Einstein are not on that part of the dome floor anymore, resulting in more space for FRC fields. Just my $0.02....... |
Re: Bills Blog- Yes, I知 already counting down to kickoff 2012
Come on, now. Let's recognize the FTC thing for what it is: a hastily arranged excuse. Were they going to leave a large portion of the dome empty before they realized they were going to have a concert? There was more than enough room behind the curtain for two fields...
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Re: Bills Blog- Yes, I知 already counting down to kickoff 2012
The concert stage used last week was provided [by the BEP] and not a FIRST stage. The logistics behind placing students on it would not be feasible. Also the lighting for Einstein and the concert are two different set-ups which would not likely be able to be combined in a single rig. There is a lot more to it than just placing a field on a stage, plus I would hate to be the person who has a robot dropped on them while trying to quickly move it off the stage down a set of stairs.
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There would be plenty of room for everyone if FRC could only send the same percentage of teams to the Championship as FLL does. Oh, you don't want FRC Championships to have just 20 teams?
Every division deserves their time in the spotlight. If the fields wouldn't all fit because FTC has expanded, then the fair thing is to have some of the FTC games played outside the Dome as well as FRC. |
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We were in the dome on Friday on the field closest to the BEP stage, and there was commotion all day on that stage...testing lighting, sound, foggers, ect. There is no way that stage could have been used on Friday. I'm not sure what happened on Saturday; was the stage still there Saturday AM?
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Things were straigtened out in a few minutes but had that been the case then I would have lost it with only getting two practice matches to be fair to the teams who weren't inspected! :rolleyes: |
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I don't know, maybe I'm sounding like a complete idiot (it's been known to happen with me, lol). I'm just throwing out random suggestions. It's just like kickoff day working on design and strategy - Stupid ideas are the best ones ;) |
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I find it interesting that this decision is made BEFORE they get a chance to read all (ANY) of the feedback forms from teams. I'm really starting to wonder if FIRST cares about the teams at all. It's a bit disheartening.
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Assuming there's no concert next year, it would make sense to use the extra space for a CARD field. |
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I am curious as to why everyone thinks the fields in the pit area were so bad?
I will say that more seating is needed, and there needs to be a way to not have the pit announcements - but these are issues that can easily be addressed. I feel like I am in the minorty, but why I liked the pit fields - It was great moving from pit to field in a minute or less. There is an increased level of excitement from for the drive teams with the crowd so close and on both sides. The Dome fields are more separated from the crowd (always have been, even in Atlanta) and the crowd is only on one side. The pit crew could watch the matches. The drive team could watch other matches and see different strategies in action. For our dome matches, we spent a lot of time just waiting in the que and could not really watch the other matches being played. |
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You can be damned sure that if VEX held their championships in the middle of a cornfield somewhere, it would thrive, as it has been without FIRST. I don't see why we should support FTC, just because it is FIRST. Inbred thinking like that stifles innovation and progress. If FIRST is not held accountable for their failures or shortcomings, what motivation do they have to make things better? You'd think the massive success of VEX would make them rethink their approach to FTC, but that clearly hasn't happened. All I have to say is FIRST is lucky there is absolutely no alternative to FRC, because if there was they might find teams jumping ship left and right. |
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