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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
I dont see why a short interval between two matches for one team would be a problem. In the finals you may play three matches back to back, depending on your last match of the semi finals maybe even 4 or 5.
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Do you value your sanity? That is a lot of back and forth between the pits and the stands/field. Not to mention that there is very little time to just sit back and enjoy the surroundings.
At both Midwest and Wisconsin, I helped a few teams with their software. The changes were easy, the testing was easy, but there was a huge problem with timing. I'd be working with them and one of our matches would come up, so I'd run out to barely catch our robot beginning to move in auton. I'd return to their pit after the match to find that they were just about to go to a match. By the time they came back it was time for another one of our matches. It became a huge game of tag trying to coordinate time to work together. If we had an extra 2-3 matches worth of spacing, both of our lives would have been a lot less chaotic....they would have been able to play all of their matches with the changes that they needed, and I would have been able to watch the matches with my team.
Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed helping these teams and watching their students go from down to excited, but I'll tell you what, I sure was exhausted by the end of the day.
I'm all for the extra spacing, even if it means having a 5 minute break every 10 matches. I think it benefits all parties involved.