FRC Blog - Championship: Info Session, 608, & Wednesday Priorities

[MikeE]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

Super ditto for torches (in the non-British sense); pretty sure open flames are banned in the pits.

One of the sources of endless amusement for my team, along with the name of the element with an atomic number of 13...

[Nate Laverdure]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

Dimly labelled to the upper left of Registration in this pic from the blog:

The comments under the blog entry also linked to the full sized version of the venue layout, posted on the CMP page. Please use that for further commentary.

[MikeE]

I'm kinda curious what those squares in the corners of each division's pits are, however.

In the full sized plan they are marked as "INSP" so presumably Inspection areas.

[Kevin Sevcik]

I'm assuming the practice field closure is to reduce distractions from getting inspected, but you would think they'd just restrict the practice fields to only fully inspected teams instead. and if they're worried about fairness in inspection order, then keep them closed (and unreservable) for the first 3 hours. I mean seriously. 75% of teams will be twiddling their thumbs after 5PM.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

75% of teams will be twiddling their thumbs after 5PM.

Maybe they should attend some of the conferences?

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Maybe they should attend some of the conferences?

I'm guessing pre-scouting, actually. Most of the conference rooms aren't nearly big enough to handle all the people that won't have much to do after inspection and between their 2(?) practice matches.

[Nate Laverdure]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

...the people that won't have much to do after inspection and between their 2(?) practice matches.

Most teams will probably have only 1 practice match. Source:

The goal on Wednesday night is for your team to make sure it completes robot inspection, sends their drive team to the Drivers’ Meeting, and also participates in its assigned practice match on the your sub-division Dome field.

Emphasis mine. Also (2 hours)*(6 team appearances per match)/(76 team appearances) = approximately 9.5 minutes per match which seems like an appropriate cycle time for practice rounds.

[wilsonmw04]

You guys ready to be at the event at 6:45 in the morning?
Also, make sure you clear out a space for your crate Friday afternoon in the pits.

[Sunshine]

No practice fields and one practice match? Not a very good idea in my opinion.

[dodar]

Originally Posted by Sunshine

No practice fields and one practice match? Not a very good idea in my opinion.

Gonna be a lot of bad first and second quals.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

You guys ready to be at the event at 6:45 in the morning?

You mean at 6AM or earlier. You'll want great seats after teams who have had the same seats for the last 4 years come to claim their rightful location

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

You mean at 6AM or earlier. You'll want great seats after teams who have had the same seats for the last 4 years come to claim their rightful location

That reminds me of a conversation I was witness to at VA. But that's for another time.