The Defense Coordinator's Lament (or: have your crap together for queueing!)

[mwtidd]

Billfred, quick question about your workflow. When did you enter the audience selected defenses? Before or after the team's selections?

[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by mwtidd

Billfred, quick question about your workflow. When did you enter the audience selected defenses? Before or after the team's selections?

Audience selections are made three matches before they will first be used. They are set by the head ref/scorekeeper, the DC doesn't deal with it.

Edit: This is only what I know should happen from scorekeeper training, I don't know what happened at Palmetto.

[IronicDeadBird]

Maybe asking the DC's for the 10th defense won't be as funny as I thought...
I'm assuming nicknames are fine as long as they make sense?
Cause I've been shortening the names since day 1...

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by IronicDeadBird

Maybe asking the DC's for the 10th defense won't be as funny as I thought...
I'm assuming nicknames are fine as long as they make sense?
Cause I've been shortening the names since day 1...

I did have one alliance troll me on Saturday, and I did laugh...

Nicknames may be tolerated, as long as they are obvious and unambiguous. "Cheval" is. "Sally" is. "Port", no. (Portcullis, or Sallyport?) "PC", you're getting a funny look until I figure it out--so just call it "portcullis" and be done with it!

[Aiyash]

I was just assigned to be a DC this week, but I haven't found any information regarding this position? Can someone point me to a source please?

[XaulZan11]

Since FIRST seems to be pushing costumes and themes this year, I think a DC should dress up as Rob Ryan.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Aiyash

I was just assigned to be a DC this week, but I haven't found any information regarding this position? Can someone point me to a source please?

Training materials will be out this week. They just weren't ready for Week 0.5. Lucky me! (Alex from FIRST had me up to speed on their system in a few minutes; the bigger challenge was dealing with some bugs and then the people. They're fixing the former in Manchester, I'm fixing the latter here!)

Originally Posted by IronicDeadBird

I've been calling the portcullis the cull cause its looked like a guillotine to me since day one.

I'm a reasonably astute person, and I would not catch this one without you pointing. Make it easy on the little old lady that will be assigned to your event, call it the portcullis.

[IronicDeadBird]

Originally Posted by Billfred

I did have one alliance troll me on Saturday, and I did laugh...

Nicknames may be tolerated, as long as they are obvious and unambiguous. "Cheval" is. "Sally" is. "Port", no. (Portcullis, or Sallyport?) "PC", you're getting a funny look until I figure it out--so just call it "portcullis" and be done with it!

I've been calling the portcullis the cull cause its looked like a guillotine to me since day one.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by mwtidd

Billfred, quick question about your workflow. When did you enter the audience selected defenses? Before or after the team's selections?

Audience selection is done by the scoring table, and I have nothing to do with it. The three matches before it takes effect mean there's enough time for the alliances to submit their picks knowing the winner.