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There's a big difference between showing your spirit, and standing though the whole match.

Frankly, I find standing through the whole match to be extremely inconsiderate and rude. Sure, you may push your scouters up towards the front to get a better view, but other teams may not be able to do that. And depending on where you team is situated in the stands, you may be blocking several teams's scouters, not to mention their members who want to watch the match too.

Yes, you spent a lot of time working on the robot, we all do. You said you don't know who the team behind you was? Maybe their robot was on the field too. And maybe they wanted to see it perform too. You can watch your hard work pay off while sitting too, there's no need to stand through the whole match.

Spirit in the stands is awesome. I usually have a hard time talking after FIRST competitions because I cheer so much, but there are plenty of ways to show spirit that don't involve blocking other's view. 1736 (Robot Casserole) always does a fantastic job when it comes to spirit. I think almost every time I've seen them at the WI regional, they win the spirit award. And yes, they stand and dance. A lot. But they also always choose seats off to the side of the field, where people almost never end up behind them.

I've never run into a team who didn't like spirit in the stands. But I have certainly been in the place of asking people to sit down during matches.