It would be ideal, though perhaps not feasible, to extend pits farther into the practice gym so there is more room for queuing inside of the competition venue, since I know it got very tight and some teams' pit spaces were severely affected by the number of teams there.
As others mentioned, queuing through the same hallway and doorway as spectators used was also a little frantic. If it were possible to use the other exit from the practice gym, go around the outside, and come into the competition gym around where 1577's pit was on the wall opposite of the regular entrance, this would be a lot more ideal to clearly separate spectator's and robots.
Also, even though I know it was more of a fault than something to improve on, when 10 additional matches appeared on the ranking monitors that made it seem like teams had mere minutes to strategize and get their robots onto the field, I know our team freaked out, and even more-so when the field crew had no idea what was going on. I know noone is to blame for this, but it was a confusing situation, so I suppose it can be improved?
Finally, a new match scheduling algorithm
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