[EricH]

Originally Posted by rsisk

How about do all the awards first then run the final matches? Or is that too much buzzkill? Maybe there is no good way to run the finals and First is just searching for what works.

Now how do you deal with dead time during finals?

Here's how I'd do it: First, have all the non-robot awards other than the CA on Friday at opening. That includes the Founder's Award, Website, Animation, Autodesk, Volunteer, and WFA. (moves at least 3 to Friday AM)
Second, speed up the transition time. Slim down the intros as much as possible--the videos the last time I was watching were great for that.
Third, trim down the award/team intros if possible.

Oh, yeah, and keep speeches to a known length. Also, keep Dean from speaking (like that'll happen).

The real buzzkill is that it goes later than it's supposed to.