entertainment between matches

[MikLast]

Originally Posted by The other Gabe

I know that the PNW had plenty of extra noodles at their events...

there was always a noodle throwing area during district champs...

[Foster]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Dual fields. No more between match downtimes! Problem solved!

YES!!!

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

It was mostly sarcastic.

Noooooo....

The many fields is one of the things I love about VEX. 3 fields, 5 min turn times, roboteers get 14 plays before the eliminations. Elims go super fast and you use the few mins of downtime to present awards.

I for one hate the really long breaks.....

[lynca]

Keeping a quick tally and adding a few of my experiences

1. Music /Dancing
2. Noodle Throwing Contest
3. Interviews with students/mentors (IRI)
4. Live singing performance (Team 2881 Lady Cans @ LSR )
5. Mascot Dance

Anything else ?

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by lynca

Keeping a quick tally and adding a few of my experiences

1. Music /Dancing
2. Noodle Throwing Contest
3. Interviews with students/mentors (IRI)
4. Live singing performance (Team 2881 Lady Cans @ LSR )
5. Mascot Dance

Anything else ?

There was "color commentary" between Einstein matches.

At Bayou, someone brought some large beach-type balls. Between matches, these were always being batted around. On Saturday I was standing in one of the "tunnels" between the stands so that I could run up to the rail for our matches to do video. I must have rescued/returned twenty or thirty balls that dropped into the tunnel.
I seem to recall smaller balls being batted around at CMP, mostly on Einstein. There were definitely paper airplanes, especially after the presenter from the US Air Force spoke. I passed on a good chunk of paper airplane technology to the next generation in the next few hours!

[mipo0707]

soccer and connect 4 were at IRI
enjoyed IRI live just maybe 1 or 2 live interviews with teams like whole drive teams
maybe trivia questions about teams at event or the event or stats at event

[Jon K.]

Originally Posted by mipo0707

soccer and connect 4 were at IRI
enjoyed IRI live just maybe 1 or 2 live interviews with teams like whole drive teams
maybe trivia questions about teams at event or the event or stats at event

Connect 4 is something that Marc Polansky and I started a few years ago at the Connecticut Regional. I had a small travel version, and we played on one of the humps in 2010.

He and I have been saying for years that we needed to play a rematch game, so when I went home during the competition season and refereed at the Rhode Island District Event, where he was head referee, I made sure to bring it. I then have introduced it at every event I have refereed at since. They even took the idea and ran with it at MSC this year where the FTA's brought it.

I took with with me to IRI because I love the fact that it allows both the field crew, and teams to do something more fun during the field time outs, and you can get 2-3 matches in during a standard 6 minute field time out.

I always make sure that the Head Referee and FTA are ok with it before it is introduced on the field, and make sure that anyone who wants to play, can play, so long as there is time left. I never want to delay the day even further.

[AllenGregoryIV]

My personal favorite option is playing teams' chairman's videos. We sort of got this working at TRI this year and I think it went over well. Need to plan it a little better with the AV team but nothing that can't be fixed.

We are seeing a stark increase in chairman's submissions over the past few years and every submitting team is required to make a video yet only one is shown at each event. They have the videos, the ability to play them, and the thought that this is what we should be highlighting about our program. Why don't we play more chairman's videos?

[evanperryg]

Originally Posted by lynca

3. Interviews with students/mentors (IRI)

This one works well, even if it turns into a "thats awesooome!" situation.

At Wisconsin, they usually filled time with mascot-related things, which is easy. (just play some music and point a camera at them) Raffles and chairman's videos could both be used as well. Personally, I'd like to see giant Connect 4 with totes.

[The other Gabe]

Originally Posted by MikLast

there was always a noodle throwing area during district champs...

One of the disadvantages of being scouting lead is not seeing things like that