FRC Blog- Wireless at Championship, Two Award Winners and Real-Life Mario Kart!

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Libby K

I have to argue with 'secret bunker' - it's right on the agenda if you read it ... in the same ballroom where the other two FIRST programs have their opening ceremonies....

Also, FIRSTers complain that the awards ceremonies are too long...

I remember specific complaints about the location being hard to find/get to in 2011 (EDIT: Here is the first one I found on CD). The first thing I did this year was block off time for the Dean's List presentation to recognize not only the finalists from both 422 and 2614 but all of the others as well.

I've heard complaints about the Einstein spectacle being a drawn-out process, but not awards ceremonies. I may be in the minority who thinks that we are not recognizing unique merits of teams well enough. I wish regional committees were allowed to do something like creating an award that is physically and symbolically unique to the event, and recognized outreach efforts more officially outside of Chairman's. I'll probably get a better sense of it all after I attend my first Championship Event.

I guess when you group a lot of people together as FIRSTers, you'll find differing opinions, but that's mine. I'm content with everything, I'm just pointing out what I see to be room for improvement.

[Alexa Stott]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

I wish regional committees were allowed to do something like creating an award that is physically and symbolically unique to the event, and recognized outreach efforts more officially outside of Chairman's. I'll probably get a better sense of it all after I attend my first Championship Event.

The Judge's Award is pretty much anything the judges want it to be. They see a team doing something unique worth recognizing and tailor the award to that. At most of the events I've been to, the award usually focuses more on the team dynamics than any of the technical aspects of their robot, as there are already plenty of awards for that.

It's not necessarily the regional committee creating an award unique to the event, but it comes pretty close.

[dag0620]

Am I the only one who doesn't mind the Awards Ceremonies (at any level of competition) and the way Einstein is ran?

I don't know, I guess for me, after all the hard work to get to that point (both by the teams to make it to whatever point we're at, or all the hard work the event organizers put in to make it happen) I'll never understand why we're in such a rush to call it a day and have it all be over.

My $0.02