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Originally Posted by Rangel(kf7fdb)
I honestly don't think just coming super early is a final good solution to the problem. This was a similar problem at another robotics competition we compete in called Robosub. Granted people were coming early for first signups on the practice field in this competition but it was getting ridiculous where people were coming hours before the doors opened up. It's really not healthy to cut even like 2 hours a day during the entire course of the competition but teams will still do it to remain competitive. This competition solved it by having a lottery of slots based on which teams were there when doors opened. I think having 8-9 dedicated seats per team for scouting would go a long way in solving this issue.
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:/ Maybe I'm just crazy but I don't see how it is that crazy to show up an hour early to get the seats you want. Maybe you do something like 10 blocks of 20 seats that can be lotto'd off as long as your whole team count you requested +/-5 shows up when the doors open? I don't see why you should punish teams that sacrifice for good seats, but FRC is about to reach a point where the organization might have to step in and save people from themselves (ie hour limits on meetings in and out of build season, time to show up to a venue, etc)