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Re: Saving Seats Epidemic

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Originally Posted by JB987 View Post
Just a question that hasn't come up yet in this post...how absolute shall the adherence to the rule be? If we follow the letter of the rule, then a scout who runs to the rest room and is gone for only a couple of minutes is out of luck? Same would be true for anyone in the stands? There are teams like ours that have scouts (laptops) linked via ethernet or otherwise need proximity with the other scouts to exchange paper match data. Perhaps this is one of the strongest arguments for at least reserving seats for scouts?
We had the same situation and a relatively small team.

Making the championships unpleasant by requiring those who stay up late working on a robot or scouting to then get up to save a seat (especially when they won't let you bring in food) is not a strong recruitment tool for mentors. We need to think about the whole experience and what everyone should be getting out of it. Making it even more grueling is not a solution.