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Unread 07-04-2008, 21:07
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Re: 2008 New York City Regional

Good:

Pit Layout-We never had to even ask anyone to move out of the way, plenty of room to get robots out to the field. After the 2nd entrance/exit from the pits was opened, getting from the pit to stands was easy as well.

Pit announcements-We always heard our matches being called and everything else that needed to be announced.

Judging/Officials-Everyone we dealt with was nice, and helpful/interested.

Inspection-No lines.

Volume-Could hear everything properly, both when in the stands and pits, without going deaf.

Not so good:

Food-Javits (from my understanding), allows food to be brought in, so the rule (although I didn't seem many obeying it), of not allowing food/beverages to be brought in, even to the stands was very annoying, especially since the food Javits had to offer was barely edible (in my opinion).

Power-Javits employees wouldn't let us run any sort of power to the stands, would be nice if something was available, to allow us to use laptops and such to scout with.

Pit Size-While I know the pits were at least FIRST regulation size, if not larger, there seemed to be plenty of room, an extra foot or two would be nice.

Overall though, it was a great, and well-run event.