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Originally Posted by Bcliff358
One thing I did not enjoy were the numerous awards given out in between matches on Einstein. I think that the excitement from the matches was kind of lost. And i don't really think that it's that fair to give the einstein teams that much time in between matches to work on their robots. Its like a 20 minute time out.
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FIRST used to save the awards till after all the matches. So in between matches we would have long periods of waiting, numerous time outs, and a bored crowd. Then we would have an awards ceremony that went on and on. It is a much better use of time to present a few awards while the robots are cooling off between matches. (Teams get 20 minutes or more between qualifying matches; why should things be different in the eliminations?)
I also liked the switch this year, at both regionals and the Championship, to running all of the elimination matches in succession, then cycling through them all again, rather than trying to do all QF-1 matches, then QF-2, etc. (anyway, that's how I remember it being done in previous years).
Especially for those of us sitting in the stands a long time, streamlining the competition makes it more interesting, and we're less likely to fall asleep or cause trouble. (Paper airplanes, anyone?)