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Re: We almost missed a match
Posted by Andrew Trax, Coach on team #180, S.P.A.M., from Southfork,Martin Co. High and UTC.
Posted on 5/1/99 5:33 AM MST In Reply to: Re: We almost missed a match posted by Lloyd Burns on 4/30/99 6:03 PM MST: I think that the solution to the 'Who's Playing' problem would be to display the match number in a corner of the monotiors playing the live feed from the fields. I wouldn't link it to the 'On Deck' display because it might tempt a team looking for a few more minutes to make repairs to wait until a match or two before their own game to head to the stage. Anyone rolling in at the last second would hurt their alliance by not having time to talk strategy. And by having just the announcement to head to the stage, instead of 'on deck' and 'on stage', it gave our scouting teams, photographer, etc. time to get back and regroup before our matches. Between trying to talk in the pit and cheering at the stage, it took until yesterday (Friday) before I got my voice back. The pit was loud. I'd recommend turning down the announcer's voulume a tad. But I'll bet I did most of the damage cheering. Mrs. Trax : PROBLEM : One problem I noticed at the Great Lakes and at the Nationals was that : it was difficult to know what the current match number was. I was going : to tape a match we were in at Great lakes, and went from the pits to the : arena, only to find that the match had been completed. The display with : the current team numbers has a small line at the top showing this, but : sometimes, if the picture displayed was not exactly focused or there was : some noise in the signal, it was unreadable (to my aging orbs). : We had the match list in our pit, circled with our matches, but to : find the match number ahead of the announcer, so we could start to : navigate out of the pit at Great Lakes, one had to look at the match : monitor to see who was playing the current match, get back to the list, : and scan it until the numbers popped up. Time consuming and inexact. : Showing the current match number on the corner of the current match : video wouldn't work at the nationals as only the Einstein match was : displayed. : SUGGESTION : Something as simple as a line at the top of the 'Teams on Deck' : display showing 'Current Match No.' would rectify this. At the : Nationals, the two match numbers could be displayed - they would be : recognisable by even/odd as to which theatre. This and the match list : together would eliminate much of the need for the announcer calling : 8 or 16 teams every 5 minutes. : : If the announcer is a good thing to retain, then : announcements could start out with : - just the team numbers {'cause everyone would know they were team : numbers if there were no words attached} followed by : - 'for match ###' (not to be pronounced 'the match formerly known as..') : - perhaps the two items above repeated *once*, : then on to team numbers for the next match. : Less is MORE. : Simple may win. :-) : : : My team didn't really find the sound level to be a huge problem...but : : what would have been nice is if the 'on deck' list they had up on those : : big screens was something more than the next 20 matches!! It was fairly : : useless that way...It would have been nice if they had done something to : : at least highlight the matches they had already called or something... : : because there were a couple times where we were still working on the robot : : when our number was called and we completely missed it... : : my 2 cents, : : Tom : : Team 275 |
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