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Originally Posted by Fireworks 234
My only complaint that I feel hasn't been mentioned yet is the ridiculous camera angles being displayed for the Einstein matches.
The camera angles were annoying at times and they would constantly (every 2-3 seconds) switch to another angle. The beginning of the match consisted of the driver station view and the person in control of the view didn't take in to account the people watching from Galileo or Curie on their screen.
Overall I had a very difficult time trying to see what was going on through out the Einstein competition. Whether it was a lack of robots on screen or if it was a trigger-happy-camera-switcher, it all took away from the "epicness" of the final matches.
I do have to say, though, that the competition as a whole went over quite well. And for the first time in quite a few years, I'd have to say the temperature of the stadium wasn't freezing and the audio (on Curie) didn't seem out of hand.
Thanks for a great time!  |
YES! Especially when they moved the screen shot with the score in it. I really liked how in 2007 they had most of the screen designated to the field and each side had a shot of the red or blue alliance. To me this year's Einstein shot seemed more like a powerpoint then an actual video shot.
My only problem this year was in the stands. Our team uses laptops to scout which eliminates so much time of compiling data and allows us to scout more about robots in a match. One cool thing with this we were able to do was "predict" match scores. In qualification 41 we predicted a score of 15.5 (which rounds up to 16) to 9 in our favor, the end result was 16 to 9, very cool! However with the laptops we have to sit in the back so we can have power since they did not allow teams to run power down the stands (although some didn't get spoken to who did). For many matches teams would stand up which is a continual problem in FIRST especially at Championships because there is no assigned cheering section for teams in that match. What really bothered me was several teams who sat in the first 10 rows and stood up every single match they played in even though the field was right in front of them which blocked most of the field for everyone else in the rows behind us. We were met with a comment of "Why don't you stand up?" when we asked a team to sit down who stood up when no one was blocking their view in front of them. I really don't mind if you stand during introductions or you want to show spirit which does not equate to standing in any form during a match, but when you are asked to sit down and continue to stand it is just plain rude and you are only creating a negative image to other teams.
I agree that FIRST should move the fields back 10-20 feet which would create a huge difference and have volunteers stand a few feet farther away from the field. I don't think some people realize that even though they are one person in the stands or next to the field, they have the ability to block off a large section of the field when they stand.
Just my thoughts, but Championships were very fun and can't wait to see how Saint Louis is next year!
EDIT: I don't like the idea of having a "scouting section" as mentioned below and in other threads. We use 7+ people when we scout plus room to set up our server and such. We have one person per robot, one person supervising, one person overseeing the server, one person looking over data for the next match, and on the last day our head scout found it valuable for two people to watch the match as a whole and take notes. That is a total of 11 people scouting. Some might call it "over-obsessive", but our team takes scouting seriously and have won many matches that some may count as an immediate loss due to who we are playing or overlook robots in alliance picking who are real assets to an alliance key to their win.
If everyone would stay seated in their seats while a match was in process and moved when it was over, no team would have a problem with scouting or seeing a match. There were very few instances when everyone was sitting down and no one had any problem seeing the field or the robots on the field during a match.
As for team spirit, if you would like to show it, follow the crowd or Bees if you call it. Team 33 is one team who was very courteous and had a group of kids to the side of the field who showed spirit during a match so they did not obstruct view and had another group in the stands who were either scouting or just watching the match. Thank you team 33!