Addressing Chaos During Morning Entry at Champs

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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

Well, I guess I'll stop trying to change the general tone of negativity we've seen all season then. If you'll read my posts, you'll see that I have no issue with discussing the problem, posing solutions, or contacting first. Maybe i've become a little over-sensitized at this point, but for the past 3 months it seems like every time I come on CD there's another thread about how FIRST really screwed up, or how a Q&A is horrible, or how a team update screws up the game. It's been an overwhelming negative atmosphere all season, and not at all productive.

I really agree about the whole negative attitude. For some reason, it seems like CD is a nasty place this year, especially toward FIRST. We've gotten on a trend of saying stupid mean things (myself included), and it's continued throughout the whole season. We can be frustrated an upset, and we should let FIRST know our feelings, but posting in rage about how the field is screwing everybody and how the GDC and people who program the field software are a bunch of idiots is no way to solve a problem. I know that if I were in their position, I would quit after what people have been saying. All this being said, Cory's point is an extremely valid one that deals with the safety of students, mentors, and members of the public. It's kind of a safety issue.

I don't think Cory's post (possibly excluding the "FIRST fails to" portion of the title) is at all a negative or raging post. He is expressing, in a rational way, his concern about the safety of people involved in the entrance stampede, and explains a possible solution. We need to work on discussing problems, gathering and sharing information on problems, and working to solve problems, instead of just complaining about them.

My opinion is to just have everybody get in lines at the different entrances, then when the doors open, let people in slowly, and make sure to enforce a no running/super speed walking rule.