Not to Be a Total Stick in the Mud

[JaneYoung]

There's nothing wrong with being a stick in the mud. There's nothing wrong with caring about the events that you participate in and that you want to help shine. There's always something wrong with selfish carelessness.

Not sure why the new teams don't get the word about building or buying robot carts to transport their robots. So much of this was discussed last year at the end of the regional here in CD. I'm sure that it was discussed by the event planners, too. It should have been.

There is no reason for the pathways for the robot to and from their pits to be blocked. Not at the Alamo Regional.

I'm scratching my head over the bridge play, though. Not cool.

Edit: Ed, I think some of what you are seeing with the students in the pits - is the young age of the teams at the Alamo. I think a lot of what you are seeing is that. Also - At the BEST competitions, there is a Spirit break and teams bring their cheerleaders and drumlines for the Spirit break. At BEST Regional level, teams bring their cheerleaders and school bands to the event. A lot of the Texas teams are also BEST teams. There could be some crossover at a FIRST event. My opinion is that the event planners should be aware of the problems of crowding the floor around the field and they should plan for it. After the Alamo last year, I was very frustrated with the crowd situation. I thought about events that I had been to where the crowds were huge and happy/excited and the one that came to mind was IRI. Even in a high school gym that did not have the space that the Alamo venue has - there is not that crowd issue. The teams maintain - themselves - very well. I think that is key and I also think the event planners are key - in managing the crowd behaviors.

Some guidelines could easily be developed.

Jane

[littlejimmy1058]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

There's nothing wrong with being a stick in the mud. There's nothing wrong with caring about the events that you participate in and that you want to help shine. There's always something wrong with selfish carelessness.

Not sure why the new teams don't get the word about building or buying robot carts to transport their robots. So much of this was discussed last year at the end of the regional here in CD.

There is no reason for the pathways for the robot to and from their pits to be blocked. Not at the Alamo Regional.

I'm scratching my head over the bridge play, though. Not cool.

Jane

I think safety Captains sometimes focus on safety glasses and clean pits and don't realize that this goes into after regionals too. You don't have to be building something to worry about safety. DON'T PLAY ON THE BRIDGES!!!!

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I'm scratching my head over the bridge play, though. Not cool.

Jane

Kids being kids.
We told them to stop.
It just shouldn't be done in the first place.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Kids being kids.
We told them to stop.
It just shouldn't be done in the first place.

Why did they have access to the field?

Jane

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Why did they have access to the field?

Jane

They were volunteers from a team and a team that won they event. they always are on the field after the event. We just have to make sure they don't play on the bridge. That's all.