Bills Blog - Champs info

[FRC4ME]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

This year it is what it is and, at some point, we will all find out what that is, specifically.

Perhaps a poll would help determine how folks in CD feel about the fields arrangement in St. Louis regarding the high profile of the Dome and the easy access of the pits. I think we'd find the majority don't really mind but I might be surprised.

Jane

Oh I'm not worried. It is what it is, I agree. Life will go on, and FIRST will go on, and we'll get used to the new arrangement.

Though there's nothing wrong with wanting to know the reasons behind the new arrangement or expressing genuine concerns, and we all would prefer that FIRST (the organization) stays on the right path.

Perhaps they just want to have a celebration for the 20th anniversary, and will go back to the old arrangement next year. Or perhaps we will end up liking it this way. I can think of several advantages: people in the pits get to see matches. The pits don't feel so isolated from the action. Teams get more time to observe and improve their robots for half of their matches. I've been to CMP twice, and I've always considered the regionals to be more fun in many ways. Having the game right around the curtain at all times might have been why. It does feel more intimate; spectators are closer to the field, and competing teams are often standing around the perimeter of the field, which makes eliminations much more exciting than those which take place in an open dome.