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Originally Posted by joelg236
Why does it have to be 24 hours straight? I love the idea of playing so many matches and doing so much work, but why couldn't you spread it over a few days? Maybe even a week-long event? I guess it might be tougher on people's schedules, but it would likely be easier on people (especially mentors and parents).
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I think a week-long event would probably be tougher on mentors and parents. Unless teachers or stay-at-home parents were the only adults there, I don't see it working out. Many mentors already have to use vacation days to attend FRC events during the regular season. I don't see many being too keen on taking an entire week off. Not to mention many students work as well. During high school, my boss was really good about giving me time off during build and competition season, but I don't know if that graciousness would have extended to an entire week off for more robotics.
I also can't help but think people might, well, get a little bored. Imagine 20-21 hours straight of just qualification matches. You'd see the same teams playing each other over and over and over again. That's not really exciting.