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Re: Downtime at Competition?
Cheer for everyone else that IS competing that match. Go to other teams and challenge them to some spirited cheering. If your team is one of those who doesn't do much cheering, go find one that is cheering and sit with them (I've done it) - they are having fun and you will, too! Visit the pits and observe the other robots, make notes on the pit displays. Read their "judges information" - you will get lots of ideas of how your team can improve by reading about what other teams are doing. If they are a veteran team you admire, ask if they are competing in the Chairman's Award process and ask to look at a copy of their submission. If you are a mentor, organize a lunchtime meeting of other mentors. or whatever role you play on the team. Check out the mascot costumes to figure out how to make one for your team.
Your experience is whatever you choose to make it. Choose to be bored and sleep? Your choice. Just don't let me see you do it, or I'll give you the lecture that my former team members have heard from me before... I didn't spend all that time, all that money, and all my vacation days to come to this event to watch you sleep through it. This is what you've worked so hard for. Don't miss a second of it!
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