You cant really blame FIRST (not like you was anyway but 4 a very bad argument blame the creator.)for the extra time that Teams were given.
If anything you should be blaming the dude / dudette upstairs who has shaped this world to what it is today.
! He / She has made the world in such a way that time zones would have to be splitten up so that everyone recieves the 24hrs with a portion of it day and portion of it night. The only US State that still is unusual that he / she can not do anything about is that 6 months day and 6 months night in Alaska or at least thats what I heard anyway - feel free to correct me just no arguments
In any case what FIRST does is always in the spirit of fairness even though it doesn't seem to be like that. FIRST realizes that teams need +/- time b/c the way the time zones have been set forth.
If anything we should be thanking FIRST for doing the best they can for an evil playing field for all teams to compete on.
My .2 cents See you at the competitions Good Luck to all.
Mike
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Past FIRST Robotics Events that I proudly volunteered at:
FLL: NY State Competition '03
FRC: NYC Remote Kickoff '04 & NYC Regionals '04-'15 ,'10-'13 & NJ Regionals '06-'10, Finger Lakes Regional '09 & SBPLI Regional '08-'15 and the World Championship in '05 (Galileo Field) '07 (Newton Field) '09 (Practice Fields Attendant / FTA(A)), CeBIT Convention in '04 & NextFEST in '06 both held @ the Javitts Center, Monty Madness '07-'10, Panda-monium '08, B.Eruption '08 & '09, Ramp Riot '08, PARC '09 & '10, BR^2 '09 & Wol. Inv. '09 -'15
2015 FIRST Robotics Off Season Events that I hope to volunteer at:
Where is Wolcott Invitational
2015 FIRST Robotics Events that I will be volunteering at:
SBPLI Reg. & Championships
Volunteer Resume:
Alt & Lead Team Queuer, Field Repair/Reset, Field Setup/Breakdown, Spare Parts Attendant, Field Power Controller/Score Keeper, Co-Emcee & Official Scorer, Control System Advisor, FIRST Tech Advisor Assistant & recently Practice Field Attendant.