Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Van
To me, the real problem is that so many teams seem to believe that the yelling of "Robot!" somehow gives them the right of way - and that the louder they yell, the more everyone should get out of their way.
As noted before, if you are late, that is not the fault of everyone in the pits. Get a good, polite vanguard to ensure safe passage. That's all that's needed.
I'd not seen the term "Safety Theater" but it seems appropriate. The floor littered with safety flyers is NOT safe. People yelling for no reason is not safe. My guess is that those flyers would go away if the award didn't exist... In fact how much of FRC "tradition" would change if the awards didn't exist?
- Mr. Van
Coach, Robodox
|
See, that's what I don't want to see. I don't like it when people think they're ENTITLED to having the right of way when they have a robot. What I don't like is when there are 64 teams at a regional (ahem, DC and Chesapeake), and there are ~too many people in the pit area. I mean, there's music, the stands are ALL full (and this is a large, large convention center), there's machines running...all of this leads to a very chaotic, loud environment. However, some people just like to loaf around outside the pit, not really paying attention to anything in particular. These are the people for which, "ROBOT!" is the only way to get them to pay attention. As someone who was part of a "robot convoy" for 2537 (drive team), I've found that it's nearly impossible in some cases to get some people to pay attention. I've never been to a smaller regional so I don't know if this is a problem there as well, but all of the regionals I've been to have had 63+ teams except for DC this year, which had 59. With all those teams, it's.....hard to expect everybody to be able to see a robot all the time.