Friday Night Entertainment - will.i.am with special guests

[torihoelscher]

Originally Posted by Norman J

To make space for the stage for this performance, two of the FRC fields were moved to the pits. So all divisions get to play in the pits for a while, punctuated by two awkward transitions of playing field Friday and Saturday morning.

I know its a pain but dont you think a concert is neat at Championships? Its so cool! I'm really happy that FIRST made this happen!

[EricH]

Originally Posted by torihoelscher

We still get a free concert....we can at least be thankful for what FIRST did for us? I am excited none the less.

We are in the FIRST Robotics Competition. However, it seems that in St. Louis, whoever is there will be at the FIRST Rock Concert. Still FRC, but it's not the same.

That, in a nutshell what, is what is making a lot of people very annoyed right now.

Oh, and factor in that the concert just so happens to be when a lot of teams will want to be doing such things as scouting meetings and similar things.

Concert: Idea, neat. Execution, two thumbs down, and if I had a couple more thumbs I'd be debating hard about whether to turn them down or not.

[dag0620]

Although I agree 110% that the space the stage takes up is way too much. and the plan for the concert was POORLY executed.

We do have enough threads discussing this don't we?

I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to leave this to the hype of the actual concert and the idea of having will.i.am preform and leave the poor way it was carried out to the other threads.

That's all!

Edit: And keep things civil before they may get out of hand.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by apalrd

this is a map of the dome floor (it's intended for FLL teams, but it's the only map of the dome floor released so far).

Why are there only 3 blue FRC fields? 1 is Einstein. 2 are divisions. Where are the other 2 divisions? They're on the upper right side of the map, in the Curie and Newton pit areas.

It looks like they would fit if the entertainment stage (taking up the right half of the dome) wasn't there.

It looks like they would fit even WITH the stage in there if they did a little more clever layout.

Originally Posted by torihoelscher

I know its a pain but dont you think a concert is neat at Championships? Its so cool! I'm really happy that FIRST made this happen!

If I wanted to take students to a concert I would have and it probably would have cost less than the $5000 registration fee...and the travel fees... and the hotel costs.

[torihoelscher]

Originally Posted by EricH

We are in the FIRST Robotics Competition. However, it seems that in St. Louis, whoever is there will be at the FIRST Rock Concert. Still FRC, but it's not the same.

That, in a nutshell what, is what is making a lot of people very annoyed right now.

Oh, and factor in that the concert just so happens to be when a lot of teams will want to be doing such things as scouting meetings and similar things.

Concert: Idea, neat. Execution, two thumbs down, and if I had a couple more thumbs I'd be debating hard about whether to turn them down or not.

but we still need to have fun dont we? Its not all about the competition, its about having fun too... (sorry if I offended anyone with that comment)

[Chexposito]

Originally Posted by torihoelscher

I know its a pain but dont you think a concert is neat at Championships? Its so cool! I'm really happy that FIRST made this happen!

i couldn't disagree with you more. will.i.am is taking the center stage along with half the dome for every division to compete in the pits. we all have to compete there, it's just when is what the difference is. a concert is a horrible idea like i said here.

[ATannahill]

I thought I signed up for a robotics competiton.

Apparently FIRST disagrees.

[Norman J]

Originally Posted by torihoelscher

but we still need to have fun dont we? Its not all about the competition, its about having fun too... (sorry if I offended anyone with that comment)

This is true. Sorry, I might have sounded a little harsh in my last post. I appreciate the effort by FIRST and will.i.am, but interfering with the layout of the competition was a bit much I think.

[torihoelscher]

Originally Posted by Chexposito

i couldn't disagree with you more. will.i.am is taking the center stage along with half the dome for every division to compete in the pits. we all have to compete there, it's just when is what the difference is. a concert is a horrible idea like i said here.

I understand but we cant count our chickens before they hatch!

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by torihoelscher

but we still need to have fun dont we? Its not all about the competition, its about having fun too... (sorry if I offended anyone with that comment)

You shouldn't have to apologize at all for wanting to have fun. This is supposed to be fun.
You shouldn't gauge your level of enjoyment at the event based on your place in the standings.

[CalTran]

What about for members of the FIRST Community whose team isn't registered for Champs but still may be down there Friday night? I may have missed it, but I didn't see any instructions for picking up tickets.

[torihoelscher]

Originally Posted by Norman J

This is true. Sorry, I might have sounded a little harsh in my last post. I appreciate the effort by FIRST and will.i.am, but interfering with the layout of the competition was a bit much I think.

Its okay! Everyone has their opinions and I respect that!

In my opinion, I think the layout was a little shaky in the first place. They had to fit the concert somewhere! We will have to see when we get there. Cant wait for the competition!

[Mike o.]

Originally Posted by CalTran

What about for members of the FIRST Community whose team isn't registered for Champs but still may be down there Friday night? I may have missed it, but I didn't see any instructions for picking up tickets.

Unfortunately, it looks like you won't be able to get tickets. They have specific instructions for each Program, and each one says that tickets are only for teams that are registered for Championship.

[jblay]

boo

[EricH]

Originally Posted by torihoelscher

but we still need to have fun dont we? Its not all about the competition, its about having fun too... (sorry if I offended anyone with that comment)

That's what the SATURDAY night stuff is for!

No offense, but there are two nights of "party" stuff. The Wrap Party is Saturday night, all around the venue (i.e., doesn't take up field/pit space when it's needed). One of those nights happens to be on scouting meeting night, and moving two fields. Which one would I rather have?

Don't get me wrong, having the concert is a nice idea. But the execution had better work really, really, really, really well to make up for the fields moving, and then the divisions moving between the fields twice, and the lack of pre-planning ability that has been conferred on teams by the details being released today, when some teams are already traveling. Otherwise, there may be as many negative responses as Houston's ramps had.