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Originally Posted by Qbot2640
So back to my original concern...do you think I will be safe planning for 8 minute turnaround...as long as we can keep field reset, and robot-transport configuration-transition within reasonable times as well? I feel comfortable predicting physical setups...just have no idea what to expect with the networking resets.
I am assuming that by October, more of these quirky connection issues will be figured out and solved. I want to figure out how "big" of an event we can plan without running too long or sacrificing number of games played per team.
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I was the FTAA at the Colorado Regional a couple of weeks ago. We scheduled 7 minute turns for our matches. We ran behind Friday morning as we spent time getting all of the times to configure their driver stations correctly. However, once we got all of that figured out with the teams we were able to keep to our 7 minute schedule for the rest of the weekend.
As far as team experience (first event vs second/third event), I don't have the exact numbers handy at the moment but I believe that roughly 1/3-1/2 of the teams had already attended an event before coming to ours.
8 minute turns is definitely doable and should allow for a slightly more relaxed atmosphere and give you some more wiggle room.