Bills Blog - Champs info 04/14/11

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by David Brinza

Ed,
You are very good at telling people where to go...

We do appreciate your support.

Well considering that according to this thread that half the events I qued at were below average including the lowest rated event my skills could leave much to be desired.

[BIGWILLI2081]

i wonder if the teams will have enough time to calibrate their sensors..45 minutes for 349 teams (although i know everyone won't have an autonomous) to calibrate 2 different fields..it should be interesting

[Barry Bonzack]

FTC Fields will be in the Dome.

[Zach O]

SOO glad we don't have to switch at lunch! That'll help make things easier for getting seats, and moving scouting equipment.

[BrendanB]

Darn, I was looking forward to watching the chaos in the pits at noon!

I don't care if I'm in the pits for 2/3 of the competition, just get er done!

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by BIGWILLI2081

i wonder if the teams will have enough time to calibrate their sensors..45 minutes for 349 teams (although i know everyone won't have an autonomous) to calibrate 2 different fields..it should be interesting

I thought the same thing.

No way!

[Kevin Sevcik]

I'm..... annoyed. Given the option of switching twice, switching once at noon, or never switching, i'd much prefer the last option. Not switching simplifies soooooooo many things. Now we're trading the complication of a midday switch for twice the complication of an end of the day switch.

It's far, far too late now, but I think an truly equitable solution would be switching Friday evening. Teams either get a majority of matches in the dome with elims in the pits, or vice versa. Seems a little more even and a little less complicated to boot.

[JesseK]

Ed, you gotta crack the whip a bit more. The people at DC weren't mean, from most perspectives, but man were they persistent.

This update is in the positive direction for most. So long as we get our morning coffee, this will be a bit better.

[LightWaves1636]

yay! I'm so glad we're not going to deal with the midday switch. I'll adjust and deal with the nightly switch, I don't think it'll be that bad and hopefully FIRST is only doing this for one year and switching all four fields back into the dome for next year.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by BIGWILLI2081

i wonder if the teams will have enough time to calibrate their sensors..45 minutes for 349 teams (although i know everyone won't have an autonomous) to calibrate 2 different fields..it should be interesting

I think when they talk about calibrating, they mean the line sensors only, and possibly vision, and many teams can do it in parallel. I don't think that they will let teams run autonomous or measure distances, or anything that takes a long time.