[Bill's Blog] 4/18/12: Are you excited yet?

[sanddrag]

I'm worried that they can't yet say for certain as to what the pit sizes will be. A lot of teams put a lot of work into their pit areas, and some are very difficult to adapt.

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

I'm worried that they can't yet say for certain as to what the pit sizes will be. A lot of teams put a lot of work into their pit areas, and some are very difficult to adapt.

Agreed. I wish they would give us a definite answer if they are going to be 10x10 or an exact smaller number, instead of just basically saying 'be prepared for a random smaller pit size.' Why increase the number of teams going if it might affect the functionality of other teams?

[BigJ]

Would you rather they said nothing, then pointed at the rulebook when people complained? Give them a little slack for at least giving a heads up IMO.

[BrendanB]

At least they are giving you guys a heads up and when desiging a pit display you should have a plan to trim it down a foot or two! To an extent you can't really plan things out 100% when it comes to the floor plan of an event when you need to consider traffic patterns and major intersections where extra space will be needed for safety.

A 10x10 pit is not guarunteed when competiting. They might have to sqeeze 6inches or maybe a whole foot but just live with it and enjoy the Championship!

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

They might have to sqeeze 6inches or maybe a whole foot but just live with it and enjoy the Championship!

True, just another part of the challenge of the Championship!

Originally Posted by Jared341

Their practice field policy makes it very difficult to evaluating triple balancing with other teams prior to selections...

Hmm, didn't think of that.

Originally Posted by Hallry

Taken from Bill's Blog, 4/18/12, found here.
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The staff will be working on updates to the kit, the 2013 & 2014 games, the field management system and a host of other elements of FRC over the summer and we want your input.
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2014 game? Man, they're way ahead of schedule compared to where the GDC was this time last year