Einstein Spectator Experience

[BrendanB]

The audio was two different worlds depending on where you sat. Downstairs it was extremely loud. Upstairs it was very hard to hear.

As it was mentioned before (and I think has been for every single year) the lighting trusses always block the scoreboard and the left field had a speaker blocking right above that. We had to look at the screen on the far side of the arena for scores. If the screen behind the podium had been used during the match this wouldn't have been an issue. Consider larger screens for the Einstein Fields.

The Chairmans Award needs to be handed out during the Einstein matches not forcing teams to stay during the closing ceremonies potentially missing flights/delaying returns home. This is the pinnacle award in FRC let's hand it out as such.

Kudos to the group that made FRC Rhapsody but that really didn't belong on Einstein or the Up Town Funk Dance. We've all been waiting on long enough to get matches started.

Stop showing drivers/HPs during the Einstein broadcast and stop splitting views into tiny boxes on the screen.

So far we've seen two years of the Einstein finals broadcast with more commentary. Last year was good for the first attempt, this year was less than desirable but also can be given a stamp of "good" considering it was some of their first time doing so. A little more forethought/preparation can go a long way but going back up to one of my previous points I didn't hear much of it from upstairs.

FIRST needs to start taking the bull by the horns on the trash throwing at champs. With announcements before/during Einstein and volunteers in the upper deck who have the authority to remove a whole team if their students are caught throwing planes off the upper deck. It keeps getting worse and worse every year with teams just dumping paper off the balcony or at a few moments what looked like long rolls of paper towels/toilet paper. This is a flat out embarrassment to the FRC community and the stands were trashed although I'm not sure how the venue feels about this because it seemed impossible during Einstein to find a trashcan on the concourse that wasn't overflowing.

A late addition but let's be honest overall it was incredibly boring. The only excitement were the brief few seconds when two robots got stuck battling for cans but it was over pretty fast and happened few times since most battles were won before you could react.