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Originally Posted by ttldomination
Things I didn't quite like:
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4. Practice Fields. I don't know why, but this year more than ever, the practice field was impossible to get onto. I feel like maybe we should be doing one practice field per division. I mean, to expect that a team won't need practice field time because they should be ready is wrong. Everyone wanted, and neeed practice field time, and it was impossible to get any.
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By my calculations, over the course of 3 days the practice fields were open for about 20 hours, giving 80 time slots accommodating up to 6 robots each. Shared over two divisions, that averages at just under 3 practice session per team. Of course the demand was huge on Thursday morning and varied throughout the competition. There were many teams that I never saw at the practice fields, and a few who were constantly using the fill line to sub in when scheduled teams did not show up.
Shipping 2 extra full fields to the Championships, putting them up, tearing them down, and staffing them would be a significant additional effort. Perhaps teams could also use Einstein for Thursday practice
