Match Crew

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Siri

If your team might be limiting its drive team size, also realize that there are logistical challenges. You'll need two people for most robots, plus one for your driver station, and one for your cart. Fewer people than that has tended to slow down the match turnarounds for teams. (This has the potential to earn a delay of game penalty, though it usually just results in warnings and offers to help.)

Also note that last year the Q&A indicated that you can't have more different people just for transporting the robot, e.g. if you don't have drive team members physically capable of doing so. (You can redo the Q&A; the rule hasn't changed. It seemed like it might be accidentally problematic for teams with disabilities.)

In Montreal in 2012 I had two teams push the limits on bringing people down to the field. One team was a veteran team who should have known better. I told them only people with drivers button are allowed down by the field. They had previously participated at GTR East earlier in the season and still had their drivers buttons so next match eight of them showed up. I siced the head ref on them.
The other one was a rookie team who bought an extra three people to the field to put the robot on the field for them. After telling them for the fifth time to not do that I had enough and told them if I had to tell them one more time to not do that I was going to report them to the head judge and have them stripped of their eligibility for awards. They didn't do it anymore.