[BigJ]

I am a pit guy. The only time I am in the stands is usually for our matches and for opening/closing ceremonies. For most matches I even usually find the closest seats to the pits to see our autonomous mode so I can fix it or make suggestions to the kids.

I do know that the policy on 1675 is to spread out a little bit to have spaces for pit/chairman's/tour-guiding/etc people to sit for ceremonies at least. However if anyone is looking for a place to sit they are welcome to sit with us.

Even though I nag the kids they are still always bringing heavy coats/bags/etc that don't fit well with them in a stadium seat. Such is life in Wisconsin/Midwest during regional season.

This year we have been fortunate to kind of "partner up" with a friendly team through an alum who mentors our team such that seating is never really a problem except for the latest parts of the event, but in past years one problem I noticed was "encroachment". Teams spread out near us would spread out farther when our "edge" people would leave for lunch/pit/etc leaving us with not enough seats for elims/ceremonies. Heck, when we won an award at Midwest this year our team was split in 2 areas of the stands, it was a little awkward and not as exciting as shrieking with the whole team as the judge text was read.

I am with the poster suggesting "You better have half or more as many people as seats" as well as letting people looking for a seat sit wherever they want. Us brown-shirts are friendly, we don't bite. (Even if we are a little crazy).