30-12-2010, 21:36
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
no team (6th Gear)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,934
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Re: Possible new product Survey
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Originally Posted by JesseK
... A simple graphic of the field with some software paint brushes would suffice to create strategies. ....
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I tend to agree.
If someone wants to go the computerized route, the 5th Gear Simulator has had a "Show me a picture of the field" option for the last couple of years (it's not very popular; but we might take a little time to keep it alive again this season).
The 5th Gear option can be used by running 5th Gear during the tournament or by saving a screen shot ahead of time and using something like MS Paint or PowerPoint to sketch on top of it.
My preference was/is printing one of the field illustrations from FIRST (from the rules) on 11x17 and/or 8.5x11 paper and taking a stack of them, plus a clipboard, to the tournament.
However, an inexpensive clipboard might help you avoid looking like a dork when you drop the stack of papers as you try to juggle several hand-held items walking around the tournament or in a crowded pit area. 
Blake
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