[dcarr]

Originally Posted by gabrielau23

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.

Like sanddrag I was at the LA Regional. 65 teams, still no need to yell ROBOT.