[Lil' Lavery]

When deciding to expand your event, please consider your volunteers. Running several qualifications matches per team at a larger event means two things, quicker turnaround and longer hours. Both of those puts a tax on your volunteer base. You're going to need top notch FTAs and CSAs if you want to maintain match turnarounds around ~7 minutes, especially given that many teams are using beat-up robots and inexperienced field/pit crews. You're also going to be asking all of your volunteers to commit to an even longer day. It's on thing for a volunteer to get up early on a Saturday but still have time to drive to their home at night. It's another to have an event that doesn't end until 7 or later at night, and then have your volunteers stay for an extra hour or two to pack up the field before they can drive home. And for many of those key volunteers, the commute to your event may not be trivial.