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Originally Posted by Billfred

Meanwhile, I don't know how possible it is, but how's about a simple duct tape line that officially defines where your pit area ends and where walking space begins? That might help with the issue.

Definitely. Malicious expansionalism was a major problem at the LA regional. However, I would say that regionals that have the space and fewer teams, should give bigger pits. If you look at pics of the Phoenix regional, it is a huge arena with only 35-40 teams all crammed in the middle and tons of space around. Pit spaces need a defined perimeter. The area of pit spaces needs to be directly proportional to the area of the arena and inversely proportional to the number of teams.