Thread: Multiple program events held at the same time
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Unread 06-04-2008, 10:40
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Re: Multiple program events held at the same time
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Originally Posted by KathieK View Post
While it's great to show off demos of each program at each tournament, I wonder how many people actually go up and ask about the programs?
Exothermic did an FTC demo from 11 to 2 on Saturday during the Seattle Regional. Until the FRC Eliminations started people were stacked three or more deep around our ring, which was set up in the foyer of the FRC event. We let visitors drive the robots and gave them an "I Drove a Robot" sticker, which I saw all over the place that afternoon. I would not have wanted an actual FTC event at the same time as FRC, at least in part because we don't have enough volunteers to run both events at the same time. Yet...

EDITED: Actually, we set up the game and ran 2-minute matches with guests driving the 'bots. I suspect the competition aspect attracted more people than if we just had squarebots on a mat.
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