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Originally Posted by Carol
As a judge, it's nice when the students shake hands, but it takes time that can be used to better purposes - promoting your team. And don't forget, judges shake a lot of hands, and it IS cold and flu season......
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Ugh, yeah, the shaking hands thing is just not a good idea.
If I'm sitting there with a bottle of Purel in front of me, you
should take the hint that I don't want to touch you.
If you want to bow, that's fine, but make sure it's the
entire team. But if I'm looking at that and I'm judging I
might just think you are playing off of stereotypes. Does
anyone use a bow in any other setting? No? Then why
are you using it here?
Similarly, if I'm a judge I want to be able to understand
you. Talking in a language that I don't understand, for no
other reason than to show me that you grew up in a
multilingual household isn't going to score a whole lot of
points. And it's going to consume time that could otherwise
be used telling me how awesome your robot is.
I think the key to an effective judging experience is
excitement about the program, the robot, and the
competition. All team members should be engaged
and all team members should have a specific item(s)
to talk about. Show enthusiasm. Show an intimate
knowledge of the robot, hardware and software, and
the game. Do outreach in the off season and then talk
about it in judging.