Video Review Needs to Happen Now

[James1902]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

I don't know that I 100% agree with video replay, but people are blowing the level of difficulty WAY out of proportion here. It's 2016, there are some very affordable & simple A/V setups that are possible now.

I just wanted to clarify that the "GoPro on a stick" setup wasn't what I was considering cost or labor prohibitive. I was talking about a pure top down shot like John Fogarty was suggesting.

And, I don't want to speak for Sean Lavery, but I believe his point about that particular setup being prone to blind spots on this field still stands.

That being said, let's give it a shot at an offseason! I'm always for more and better webcasts from events and if the side effect is that we may have a way to improve team experiences, i'll take it.

I think the main disagreement we're having here is between people who think a system that will be able to catch most missed calls is too expensive so why bother, and people who think an affordable system would have flaws (blind spots) but is worth trying to improve the experience at least a little.

We should be able to come up with something in between the two that fixes some problems but still bothers everybody equally in it's own way.

Oh and this:

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

if we want FRC to be represented as a truly competitive sport then we need to present it as most sports are presented. One great example of this is how E-sports have exploded over the past few years. The coverage of online gaming tournaments is incredible and is a model FRC should look to follow. For roughly $1000 in equipment, every event could implement a basic level of coverage that would up the home viewing experience ten fold.

is why we started the RoboShow in the first place. I disagree that the GoPro on the stick is the best way to go about it in the long run, but it'd certainly be a start. Would love to talk about getting better coverage to more regionals.