[Bomberofdoom]

Thanks to everyone who have replied!

It was an insane first day - There were soo many requests going on, team that needed to be registered, queuing that kept urging us on the radio to bring more and more robots to the field, teams asking general questions, looking over parts to give to teams that ordered them - ALL AT THE SAME TIME, WITH A MICROPHONE STUCK TO YOUR EAR!!!
....It was very stressful to focus on giving the announcements and making sure each team gets a satisfactory answer to their request.

We're a duo of pit administrators, and we made sure we always had one of us or both of us working at the pit (we both agreed that it was kinda fun to help out the teams, even more than watching the matches - though I am super glad I was able to persuade the event managers in the Nokia Hall to give us a personal video feed of the field to watch while we're on the job. ). I hope we'll be organized properly for tomorrow, probably working 3 hour shifts with the last hour of the first and the last hour of the second (or less) will be both of us working together and briefing each other on new events.

I did some kind of mistake and I was yelling some times, not even realizing it, and at the end of the day I am almost voiceless (people told me I was a totally different person from the morning). I announced in the microphone, but I did not yell, as far as I know...I did talk a lot...some would say too much (it was really important for me to give relevant information to everyone...probably was TMI), and yet I am still with a sore throat....YAY!

Thanks for the tip, Karibou, I did realize I was sometimes unfriendly to people, because I wanted them to understand that I was serious about the topic I was discussing with them, with the idea of the competition being very strict on the rules (yeah....we call it "very american")at the back of my head, and that the students and the teams need discipline in the competition...I need to be careful about that...I'll do my best to be more friendly from tomorrow, but I gotta' say - the need to do things fast and immediately and not to waste time is a very Israeli feature, and it is a very challenging thing to cope with against another Israeli.

I hope that things will go smoothly tomorrow.
I will be using other volunteers assistance in the pit administration table more often tomorrow.

Thanks again!