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Originally Posted by Chris is me
First things first: The number of matches. 10 matches per team is a noble goal and I completely support giving teams as many matches as physically possible. However, 10 matches is completely impossible with the current schedule. To give each team 10 matches, let's assume perfectly ideal conditions. Currently we are playing matches from 9:45 - 12 and from 12:30 to 1:30. This allows us 195 minutes to run these matches. 10 matches per team means 27 matches. Given each match is 2:30 long, this gives us only a 4:45 turnaround between matches! This is completely unrealistic even for a regular event, but for a 16 team event with teams going back to back, 4:45 is just not going to happen. It simply will not work. We either need more time or we need fewer matches.
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Chris brings up some good points. 2v2 or 3v3 is a pretty significant change to the schedule, but the changes to the game possibly don't matter that much to an offseason (I think driving time in matches is fundamentally the same regardless of strategic implications).
Claiming that 4:45 is an unrealistic turnaround time is false, and not the way that match turnaround times are usually described. Most events in season run sub-7 minute turnarounds (from start of match to start of match). It is not especially ambitious to run turnarounds that are a bit over 7 minutes. Don't forget that, aside from some practice robots, these robots have mostly run enough matches to make connection to the field old hat.