NYC Regional- Give me the good, bad, or ugly...

[Elgin Clock]

Originally posted by Ed Crammond
yeah i thought it was good.

One thing that could have been improved was the traffic of people and robots between the pits and the arena. It seemed wherever you wanted to get through, you were blocked by one of the "traffic cop" volunteers. This was particularly bad on the first day, though things got better later on.

Perhaps there should have been two separate routes going to and from the arena and the pits, that would have prevented the constant blockages in that narrow doorway.

Apart from that it was a great few days. A big thanks to you Rich, Randy Sheaffer, Deborah Rose and of course Mama Dickson as well as all the other volunteers for a great regional.

Speaking of traffic flow.. I failed to understand why you had to go the "long way around" on your way to the field when you are more likely rushing to get there and then on the way back, when you are less conscious about time you chose to use the short route.. <me>still puzzled</me>
But.. I thought the traffic flow was way better than last year at Columbia.. can you say "annoyingly narrow hallways"?? lol

Also, a lesson learned in NYC regional this year was to have the refs notice immediately the position of the human stacks at the beginning of the match before autonomous kicks in.. Do we remember the Finals match with the bin under the bot??? lol
They stole my idea to begin with, but as soon as I saw that happen I knew they were going to be DQ'ed anyways!! It was a great strategy though.. if it had been legal!
Oh well, you live you learn..