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Originally Posted by Koko Ed
If FIRST went to 8 divisions they'd just invite 800 teams. They're not going to shrink the divisions.
Personally I think FIRST should dump the practice matches and just get down to business.
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That practice match time is important; at least three very valuable things (besides teams being able to actually
practice) happen then:
1) Teams that can't come on Wednesday get time to unpack & prepare their robot.
2) Field connections happen and (hopefully) the bugs get worked out
3) Time to inspect
Even though teams have already been to one or more events, we always still find problems during inspections. And even if we don't, it takes more than a few hours to get to each of 100 robots.
We need more matches; 8 isn't enough. I don't think increasing the # of days for CMP is feasible; we're already taking a lot of time off from school & work. Plus, I suspect that none of us really want to know how much it costs per day to be at the venue. I really like this year's game, except for the amount of work it takes to score & reset the field. I think the only way we're going to get more matches is shorter cycle times; either the GDP designs a game with that in mind or we find a way to speed up the field reset crew. Do NOT take this as a dig at the volunteers; they're great.