Removing time and score from big screen during elimination matches

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Brian C

For those that aren't aware conference calls for Emcees and Game announcers are held prior to the competition season and on the Monday evening folowing all competition weekends. removing the overlay from the screen during the last half of the matches in Eliminations only was recommended in order to heighten the excitement of the crowd. The feeling was that having the overlay on the screen all the time kind of put a damper on the results due to the great real time scoring that was put into use this year.

I was not aware that this is doctrine. Seriously?

Surely ensuring that each alliance actually knows the score and can make the right strategic decisions would make for more "excitement of the crowd" than seeing alliances unsure about when to go balance, and how many robots to try for.

I am sorry that the great real-time scoring puts a damper on things, but that's ridiculous.