Unbagging before States?

[Clinton Bolinger]

Originally Posted by ScourgeDragon

I'm in the PNW and we're new to the district model this year. Yes, District Championships is a 3 day event, but since we need to have 12 qual matches we end up starting matches at 2pm on Thursday (unlike a regular 3 day regional event). This only gives teams from 8am-2pm to fix/inspect/practice with their robots. The continued use of the robot through 2 or 3 district events, the aggressive nature of this game, and no unbag time before District Championships will result in teams fielding worn down robots both at this competition and at worlds. I understand that 12 qual matches is necessary, but I believe we should be given the same number of hours as a standard regional for teams to check and fix their robots so as to improve the quality of the competition and the robots that make it to worlds.

Do you guys also run in to this problem over there in Michigan?

And congrats on the chairman's award, 1506

Our team would rather have more matches at MSC than having addition unbag/practice/repair time. Personally, I feel that Michigan teams have considered this potential problem and build robots that can handle the additional playtime that comes from the district model. Or they have modular / quick change designs that can easily have replacement part ready to go.

Last year we had 67 matches (2 Hours, 30 Minutes, and 45 seconds) before attending the Championship.

-Clinton-