2013 Traverse City District!

[JNelson]

Originally Posted by Don Wright

Dear Code Red Robotics Webcast Team,

Thank you very much for all the efforts you have been doing this and the past years to make the competitions available to us that can't make them. Now that I am living in Austria, it's even more appreciated.

However...

I'm trying to watch the webcast from the Traverse City event and I hope you don't mind some constructive criticism:

1. The scrolling banner...it is really quite distracting. And I'm not sure why it's there since it is advertising the webcast...which I am already watching...
2. The rapid camera changes...it almost makes the matches impossible to follow.
3. The zooming in and out and panning...again...you almost can't tell what's going on.

I know it sounds boring but the absolute best thing you could do is have a good full field view and just have that the entire time.

Thanks again for all you do and I hope I don't offend...but with all the camera switching, panning and zooming and the banner...I almost can't watch it...

Thanks for the feedback, Dan. Every tip will help us serve the FIRST community better. We'll work on the banner issue and see if we can eliminate that distraction. There are a few other improvements we have in mind going forward as well.

As far as items 2 and 3 go, the camera operation is not up to us. Code Red takes the feed supplied by the event's AV crew and makes it available through the web. The hard-working, all-volunteer staff at Traverse City gave it all they had.

Thanks for the report and for tuning in, Dan. It's great to connect with FIRST friends all over the world!