Team Update 2/28/12

[flippy147852]

Will this also apply to FiM and MAR District events or will this only apply to their respective Championship events?

[George A.]

Originally Posted by flippy147852

Will this also apply to FiM and MAR District events or will this only apply to their respective Championship events?

Well the MAR Districts each have a Winning Alliance and Chairman's...although the MAR championship has 2 Chairman's....so I don't know how that'll work.

[Francis-134]

Originally Posted by George A.

Well the MAR Districts each have a Winning Alliance and Chairman's...although the MAR championship has 2 Chairman's....so I don't know how that'll work.

There are two top nets; one blue, one red.

[Justin Montois]

Originally Posted by Francis-134

There are two top nets; one blue, one red.

You just blew my mind!

I'm guessing they will only allow one set to be cut down.

[dodar]

Originally Posted by Justin Montois

You just blew my mind!

I'm guessing they will only allow one set to be cut down.

Or they are having 2 chairmans winners!!!

[P.J.]

Originally Posted by Francis-134

There are two top nets; one blue, one red.

The FiM Championship has three Chairman's winners. But I'm sure one of the teams will graciously give up their right to top net. They are a Chairman's winner after all

[Tyler Olds]

Originally Posted by flippy147852

Will this also apply to FiM and MAR District events or will this only apply to their respective Championship events?

Per an email that I received about this earlier today: "In an attempt to add “flare” to the end of the FRC events (not Districts), the GDC has decided to borrow a long-standing basketball tournament tradition and allow the Winning Alliance and the CA winner to cut the nets from the baskets at the conclusion of the event."

I am going to assume that the FiM and MAR Championship events will allow you to but not at districts.

[bduddy]

Originally Posted by Tyler Olds

Per an email that I received about this earlier today: "In an attempt to add “flare” to the end of the FRC events (not Districts), the GDC has decided to borrow a long-standing basketball tournament tradition and allow the Winning Alliance and the CA winner to cut the nets from the baskets at the conclusion of the event."

I am going to assume that the FiM and MAR Championship events will allow you to but not at districts.

I hope the email didn't actually say "flare"... Well, nice to see FIRST actually implementing something cool in response to feedback.

As for the other part of the update, it will be nice to see hand signals during the match... I just hope they're explained well to the teams and the audience. And I hope that there is some kind of review process so that all of the volunteer refs with a couple of days' training can be told if they're doing something wrong...

[alectronic]

Originally Posted by bduddy

And I hope that there is some kind of review process so that all of the volunteer refs with a couple of days' training can be told if they're doing something wrong...

All key volunteers go through training, and in the case of ref's, they specifically take a test. So you should safely be able to count on consistency and accuracy! (at least in my opinion) I guess we will be able to tell after week 1

[bduddy]

Originally Posted by alectronic

All key volunteers go through training, and in the case of ref's, they specifically take a test. So you should safely be able to count on consistency and accuracy! (at least in my opinion) I guess we will be able to tell after week 1

Of course, but having refereed intramural sports at my college, things can definitely be different in high-pressure scenarios, and I'm just a little worried that some people might be thrown off by the change in procedure or that new referees might make some mistakes without being noticed.

[Wayne Doenges]

The cutting down the nets won't work at BMR. We go to another building for the awards ceremony
I guess we will have the awrds ceremony in the Armory.

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges

The cutting down the nets won't work at BMR. We go to another building for the awards ceremony
I guess we will have the awrds ceremony in the Armory.

I thought the same thing. Perhaps they'll do the net-cutting directly after the win; it always takes some time to get set up for awards anyway. The net-cutting will allow the refs & judges & everybody to get over to Elliott and get ready.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges

The cutting down the nets won't work at BMR. We go to another building for the awards ceremony
I guess we will have the awrds ceremony in the Armory.

The net cutting takes place after the awards ceremony, so it could work. But the Boilermaker Regional field crew usually has the field mostly disassembled and packed away by that time, so it probably won't.

[Rick]

Maybe I'm missing it, but could anyone find the details on the foul hand signals?

[RufflesRidge]

Originally Posted by Ricksta

Maybe I'm missing it, but could anyone find the details on the foul hand signals?

The wording they used is goofy, they didn't mean in Section 3, they literally meant under it on the Comp. Manual page on the USFIRST website. Here's the direct link: http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default...andSignals.pdf