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Originally Posted by ToddF
I think the biggest improvement regionals could make would be displaying informative graphics on the big screen between matches. There should never be a time when an audience member should need to ask, "What's going on?"
Suggestion: There should be ever present graphics between matches with the following info:
-Time since last match ended, previous match number, teams that played, outcome of the match.
-Upcoming match number, teams that are playing and their current ranks
-Some sort of graphic showing the phases between matches, with the current phase highlighted (scoring, robot removal, robot placement, connecting to field, ready for match) If a timeout is called, display the number of the team that called it, and a countdown clock. If there is an administrative timeout between finals matches, put up that graphic and countdown clock. If it's lunchtime, put up a graphic with a countdown clock until matches resume.
Having this info displayed would also make watching online streaming matches much easier to follow.
So, my solution to ending public confusion is simply to provide the information the public (and everyone else) wants to know: What's happening right now? What just happened? What's going to happen next? When will the next thing happen?
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This would definitely be helpful, but you're going to have to figure out how to integrate it with the standard sponsor roll. I'm pretty sure the sponsor roll is a mandatory element.
For match info, etc. you could probably use the real time scoring overlay area for the display, and just keep it up all the time. The sponsor roll would get squeezed a bit into the match video area. This would actually probably help the venues that apparently don't have chroma keyed overlay equipment and have to manually adjust the overlay area when switching between the match, results, and sponsor roll.
I don't think you'll get your wish on displaying field reset stages, beyond a simple Scoring Match/Field Reset/Match Ready cycle. Anything more granular than the green indicator lights already on the field is going to require someone updating the exact stage field reset is in, and everyone's busy enough as it is.