Thread: To all the multi-regional teams...a question.
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FIRST != Consistent
Posted by Joe Johnson at 03/19/2001 11:26 AM EST


Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.


In Reply to: Re: Is it really that bad?
Posted by Bill Gold on 03/19/2001 11:03 AM EST:



Why is it that some regionals are being reasonable (i.e. giving teams more than 2 minutes to know who their partners are) and some are not?

I KNOW that the rules say that we only have 2 minutes. BUT... at Western Michigan and SoCal (and at several others I hear as well), teams had effectively 10 minutes.

I can say from first hand knowledge that at UTC and at NYC you had 2 minutes. When Match N started, they told the folks in Match N+1 that they were partners. AND in that time, you had to get your controls set up and move and place your robot on the field in addition to getting 4 teams to agree upon a strategy.

This may not be too difficult if every robot can do only one thing effectively, but with many multi-talented robots (e.g. at the UTC regional), it gets very difficult.

I was hoping that the what I heard about how things worked at the WMR was a "silent recall" of the 2 minute rule, but as it turns out, this recall depends on which regional you attend.

I am crossing my fingers for a lucky break at the Great Lakes Regional this weekend.

Joe J.


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