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Re: Saving Seats Epidemic

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Originally Posted by dcarr View Post
As open minded as this is, it's not a way to build and share team spirit, to share the highs and lows with the people you've worked with, love, and care about. To me, a FIRST event wouldn't be the same without this.

Whatever changes are made to seating in the future, having teams be able to sit together, at least while their robot is on the field, is of utmost importance.
I'm not really advocating for everyone spreading out over the entire stadium. Just a relaxation of the requirement that the entire team has to all sit in one spot with no gaps whatsoever. Because everyone here knows that the only way that could happen is if everyone is assigned seats that have been mapped out in advance by the RD. If teams are more willing to co-mingle then thursday-friday-saturday morning becomes a lot easier because each team's footprint in the stands ebbs and flows as the matches come and go.

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Originally Posted by Woolly View Post
Also, if you're involved with the control system (Programming, Electronics) I find that it's actually great if you sit away from your scouts and sit in those wide-out seats that no one uses behind your team's driver station.
You'll be able to see exactly what your drivers are trying to do with your control system in a real match, instead of in a relaxed practice match, and probably be able to know if anything needs to be changed before you even hear their report when they get back to the pits.
We should lobby for a programmer observation zone near the field so we can hover over the drivers and they can hear the hair tearing when they forget that they have speed trim knobs that are probably why they're consistently shooting low all match.
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