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Originally Posted by CalTran
That's fair. Something that I definitely didn't consider. I'm just recalling the field from back in 2010, which was basically a time before districts (MI not withstanding.)
It's certainly possible to still do the 3 team entry per side, though admittedly locals like Greater KC that have very little space between the scoring table and a side of the field complicates the midfield entry.
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Originally Posted by Karibou
I'm not positive (maybe someone else knows for sure), but do all districts own their own field borders? If so, implementing a 1-time change to the field border setup like this would be costly to them. The configuration of the alliance station wall is easy enough to change year to year (and it's an expected change), but the sides are a little more difficult.
I think it would also complicate field reset/robot flow - if you were to limit robot entry to one gate (since the FTAs, refs, etc would be really mad if robots had to enter directly in front of the scoring table), you'd have six teams trying to go through one opening at once, potentially creating a backup in the lane where teams from the previous match have to travel to exit.
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As far a flow goes - no reason you couldn't have added the middle gate and left the 4 in as well - just use the middle gate to get robots from the previous match off if they finish in the Neutral Zone. This was the critical path/worst case scenario, because you had teams crossing in the secret passage, which had a berm and was narrow.