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Hits & Misses
Posted by Splash.

Student on team #53, Team Inferno, from Eleanor Roosevelt High School and NASA GSFC.

Posted on 8/17/2000 2:48 PM MST


In Reply to: Hits, Misses, & Suggestions -- long message posted by Joe Johnson on 8/16/2000 9:49 AM MST:



Without as much experience, I'll agree with all the technical aspects. The size of the air tank made it impossible to integrate into our design, especially since we didnt have it for a week or two, and it had a leak. Bumpers must go, too little usage, and those that did didn't always use them to absorb impact. There was definately a shortage of seating at the indoor arenas. I think most of that was because there were many teams that would get a section of seating and not leave after thier team had competed.

If teams were allowed to take the robots back after regionals, I think they should only get to take it back once. Teams going to multiple regionals should not be able to get 6 to 8 extra days to work on the robot. The teams that would get to take advantage of this rule are the teams that already have an advantage, more financial resources.

And then the Nationals ideas. If the competition becomes invitation-only to the top 200 or less teams, there would have to be qualifying. Which means teams without substantial funding, can't only go to Nationals. A team could realistically win their regional, qualify for Nationals, and then not go because they can't pay. In addition, if the Nationals became invitation-only, there would not be 15,000 fans watching the finals, maybe 5,000. With that few people, the event becomes smaller, and probably wouldn't be held at Disney, and wouldn't get the attention it deserves.

But on the other hand, I fully support 'regionalizing' Nationals, having a lottery wednesday or thursday night to announce the brackets(how about placing an even number of regional winners in each bracket?), watching the finals during the awards ceremony, etc.

And I'd like to see more options with the joysticks. I had this crazy idea about force feedback last year.


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