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Re: (Lack of) Value in the Regional Model
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Originally Posted by EricH
VA: 7-minute cycle time, breaking for just over an hour at lunch (1 hour, 5 minutes), ending at 5:20 PM and 11:34 AM with qual matches on Friday and Saturday respectively.
Orlando: 6-minute cycle time, breaking for one hour at lunch, ending at 5:45 PM and 12:11 PM respectively.
SNIP
All HQ needs to do is to tell the FTAs to "maximize matches/team, and run long if you need to", and ideally give them a event size vs plays/team range that they're looking for (60+, 9 matches down to <40, 12 matches). CD might never see that directive. But if it's there, then there's a good chance it will be followed.
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Thanks for the data. This is one of the things I'm after. Who decides cycle time (I believe its the FTA) and how is it decided? I've been involved with events in the past that ran a 7 minute cycle until lunch on Friday and switched to a 6 minute cycle for the remainder since everyone by that point should know how the field operates. I figured Orlando had a shorter cycle - after experiencing the log jam of the field this weekend, I'm really surprised they achieved a 6 minute cycle and were pretty much on schedule. We were continually being hounded to move faster while stuck behind 2 other robots exiting the field as they reconfigured to transport config. I think this year's game is an anomaly for scheduling because of the transport config and I hope that those words are never mentioned in an FRC manual ever again.
One other thing that occurred at WI - the quals finished pretty much on schedule and alliance selections commenced immediately after. Selections were finished at about 12:15 with playoffs scheduled to 1:30 according to all published schedules. It was announced that playoffs would begin at 1:00 instead, thus reducing planning time, nourishment time for drivers/pit crew, and potentially causing guests who were told "come for the playoffs at 1:30 - they're the best!" to miss out on some action. Not a big deal, but I'd rather play more quals later than start elims earlier.
While I had not intended for this thread to become a "praise districts" thread, I'm glad to see there are facts coming out on both sides.
Rich2202: I don't know about districts, but the cost of a regional event is completely funded by the regional planning committee and none of the cost is covered by registration fees (I am on the WI planning committee). I heard at one point that district events DO get a portion of the registration fees (or rather, the district as a whole does to then use as it sees fit), but someone more knowledgeable than can probably clarify.
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