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Originally Posted by Clinton Bolinger
My thoughts on 2015 CMPs:
- 8 Divisions - 8 Fields
- 64 Teams Per Division
- 32 Teams Make the Eliminations (4 Team Alliances)
- 12 Matches Per Team (Thursday & Friday)
- Alliance Selection Friday Night
- 1-2 Hour Robot Work Period for Alliances
- Division Awards during the Elims (like 2014)
- Division Eliminations Saturday Morning
- Division Winners Move to Einstein
- Einstein Eliminations (QF, SF, F) Saturday Afternoon
Fields Configured in a "/ \" Shape, which allows for the following: - Spectators can watch more robot action (similar to VEX events)
- Field Reset takes place when the other field is playing a match
- Robots Connect to the field and get setup while other match is being played
- Two MCs that pass the audience back and forth
My favorite part is alliance selection on Friday Night (talk about GP) ... this would allow for the alliances to talk about their strategy, scout / watch videos on their opponents, and maybe even "hang out" that evening. The downside that people will bring up is the 32 x 8 Teams (256) that do not make the eliminations.
But I still think there is plenty of things to do: - Check out Jr. FLL, FLL, FTC
- Goto the Arch
- Goto the City Museum
- Goto the Finale Party Thing
- I Don't Know ... WATCH the Elimination Matches
- Check out the teams that made the Elims
-Clinton- |
I ran the numbers on the plane back and agree on the Thurs-Fri 8 division setup.
I don't like that it waters down the divisions a bunch, but if we're going to more divisions this happens no matter what.
It deepens the elims at champs without adding any funky structure.