Team Update #15

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by dodar

Where are you seeing that they are getting rid of Thursday for Bag-and-Tag events?

I'm looking at the event list, and that may only be true for MI district events*, which are two days long instead of three. We don't have a Thursday practice day, but we are allowed into the venues on Thursday night to set up our pits and get our robots inspected. MI still runs slightly differently than other bag and tag events.

*If someone could back me up/confirm this, I'd appreciate it.

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I don't think that bringing in tool boxes and leaving them there can really be constituted as setting up the pit. For some teams, yes, tool boxes on the provided table IS their pit set-up, but other teams have additional decorations and storage spaces, which is what the rule is really aimed at.


(I personally don't like that rule for multiple reasons)

[R3P0]

Originally Posted by Karibou

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I don't think that bringing in tool boxes and leaving them there can really be constituted as setting up the pit. For some teams, yes, tool boxes on the provided table IS their pit set-up, but other teams have additional decorations and storage spaces, which is what the rule is really aimed at.

(I personally don't like that rule for multiple reasons)

Really I think the issue was that some teams were using the time to work on their robot.

Sure be nice to know what the reason was behind this update.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by R3P0

Sure be nice to know what the reason was behind this update.

The reason is stated in the update:

Two additional people are allowed in early to bag and tag events as compared to non-bag and tag events because they must bring in all equipment and robots themselves and because the lack of crates will mean a less cluttered environment.

What changed wasn't the early load-in itself, just the number of people permitted to help.

[GaryVoshol]

If you look at the agenda for FiM events (ex. Kettering here: http://www.firstinmichigan.us/FRC_20...FRC/agenda.pdf ) you can see that the pits are OPEN on Thursday evening. It is not just a drop-off.

Contrast this to the FLR agenda here: http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedfiles...ROC_Agenda.pdf Wednesday is noted "for drop-off only". While it does say "Pits close", that only indicates when drop-off ends. On Thursday there is an additional drop-off time at 7:45, and then the pits open at 8:30.

This is the difference between 2-day and 3-day Bag-n-Tag events.

[R3P0]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

If you look at the agenda for FiM events (ex. Kettering here: http://www.firstinmichigan.us/FRC_20...FRC/agenda.pdf ) you can see that the pits are OPEN on Thursday evening. It is not just a drop-off.

Contrast this to the FLR agenda here: http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedfiles...ROC_Agenda.pdf Wednesday is noted "for drop-off only". While it does say "Pits close", that only indicates when drop-off ends. On Thursday there is an additional drop-off time at 7:45, and then the pits open at 8:30.

This is the difference between 2-day and 3-day Bag-n-Tag events.

That is the clarification we needed. Thanks!