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Originally Posted by rsisk
Fix the explanation of the bumper rules.
Add an illustration that clearly shows how the dimension of the side of a robot is determined. When explaining to teams, I had to explain how the length of a robot side is determined by FRAME PERIMETER (flip pages to that explanation) then go back to BUMPER RULES to show how a side > 8in must have 8in of bumpers on each corner, BACKED BY PART OF THE FRAME at each end.
One picture of a robot with 6in frame segments with an opening between them (the most common problem I saw) and describing it as NOT LEGAL would have gone a long way to resolve a lot of bumper issues.
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Yes, please, very much. We had to make modifications to be event compliant at multiple events this year, including World Championships after passing inspection because different inspectors had different standards. The rhinos made this especially challenging due to their irregular shape.
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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
There is no saving of seats. Nothing beats being yelled at by 8 people saving 30 seats when you're trying to find 5 together for your team that just got eliminated from Carver playoffs. Nothing beats the new black mom on your team being told "you don't belong here" when she's looking for a seat to watch her son in a match.
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This makes me very sad and disappointed. It is the antithesis of FIRST values. Our team had a run in over seats last year at Worlds. Forutunately it did not happen this year anywhere. Just let people sit with you. You might make a new friend, especially if they are new to robotics. In fact, our team has found it's fun to invite waiting bus drivers (ours and other team's) to sit with us. Most of them have never seen FRC before.
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Originally Posted by Jared Russell
* The game piece (boulders) was ridiculously expensive and changed quite a bit after moderate use. 2006 poof balls remain the best foam game piece we have been given.
* This was a really onerous field to build at home.
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This a whole bunch! Stronghold is a beautiful game to watch but it puts a huge amount of additional demands on teams which go well beyond the STEM mission in order to properly prepare for competition. I can only imagine the difficulties thinly resourced teams had this year in preparing.
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Originally Posted by rtfgnow
I would like to add the large distribution of valid places to find information. If you want to know which Einstein field your team will play on first (Mass or Energy) you need to read the tournament section of the manual, if you want to know which field (Hopper or Newton) becomes Mass you need to read Frank's blog. If you want to know where your team is allowed to sit for these matches you need to read the A-to-Z guide. This is one example of needing to go to three different sources to find the answer to a simple question (Where should I sit?).
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Similar to this, I would have liked a one-stop time/place schedule at Worlds for each of FLL, FTC, and FRC separately. It took a bit of searching around to put Wednesday's day 0 schedule together for us, such as figuring out the 1-4pm 5 person pit load-in restriction and field measurement times. We frequently had trouble answering simple questions for our team members regarding the schedule such as where and when should our team migrate. It's a good thing we have volunteer friends. If such a schedule exists, it was impossible to find.