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Re: PCH District: Albany & Dalton Predictions

Kinda brain-dumping here:

I've been told that there's no practice field at our 2nd district (Albany). Columbus didn't have one either.

If district events can be held in high school gyms and still have practice fields, How do we not have space for even a tower and some carpet at a venue that could host a small regional? I don't speak for everyone when I say this, but I sure as heck would be willing to donate a foot of pit space just to have space for a tower and some carpet in the corner of the venue. We'll probably have to find a wall to tape a goal outline on and do autonomous testing there, and if anyone complains, we'll just tell them "Sorry, we don't want to put untested autonomous out on the field, that's unsafe".

Can we pretty please, with a cherry on top, have a practice field for the State Championship?
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Re: PCH District: Albany & Dalton Predictions

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Kinda brain-dumping here:

I've been told that there's no practice field at our 2nd district (Albany). Columbus didn't have one either.

If district events can be held in high school gyms and still have practice fields, How do we not have space for even a tower and some carpet at a venue that could host a small regional? I don't speak for everyone when I say this, but I sure as heck would be willing to donate a foot of pit space just to have space for a tower and some carpet in the corner of the venue. We'll probably have to find a wall to tape a goal outline on and do autonomous testing there, and if anyone complains, we'll just tell them "Sorry, we don't want to put untested autonomous out on the field, that's unsafe".

Can we pretty please, with a cherry on top, have a practice field for the State Championship?
Does Georgia not have spare defenses and a wooden tower?

At Waterbury they put the practice quarter field on the school's auditorium stage and it was good enough.
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Does Georgia not have spare defenses and a wooden tower?
We have 4 practice fields in the state, one of which used to always travel to the regional events, so I am very confused as to why not even part of a field is traveling to any of the district events.
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We have 4 practice fields in the state, one of which used to always travel to the regional events, so I am very confused as to why not even part of a field is traveling to any of the district events.
In Columbus, there wasn't room. I believe that is the case with the other venues as well. One of the complications of going to districts. I am not involved in these decisions. Feedback is a gift. Feel free to provide it to the appropriate people. They are truly trying to provide the best experience possible.
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Re: PCH District: Albany & Dalton Predictions

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In Columbus, there wasn't room. I believe that is the case with the other venues as well. One of the complications of going to districts. I am not involved in these decisions. Feedback is a gift. Feel free to provide it to the appropriate people. They are truly trying to provide the best experience possible.
At Columbus, I honestly think that the organizers could have at least fit a tower at the venue, if nothing else, with some creative organization. But the lack of ANY part of a practice field shouldn't be justified by the switch to districts. CHS Southern Virginia had a tower, with a scaling rung, with a partial batter, and a few defenses (IIRC). They were wooden, but it's better than nothing. Other regions do more.

I appreciate every single person who volunteers their time to FIRST and GA FIRST, but the lack of the practice fields seems to be misaligned with some of Georgia FIRST's other goals (see: the purpose of the Destination Einstein fields). I'm willing to write this off as a first-year thing, but I hope we can either have better venues for next year or use them more effectively.

And please please please have a practice field at Peachtree Champs.
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Re: PCH District: Albany & Dalton Predictions

My team will be at Dalton, but I will be traveling. I am hoping there will be a webcast, but I don't see one yet. Anybody know? I loved the quality of the youtube webcast from Columbus, and hope for similar from Dalton.
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Re: PCH District: Albany & Dalton Predictions

Haha. 1311 struggling early on is an understatement. Two failed matches with wiring defects. Then we completely torsionally sheared all four wheel axles. It is four wheel drive.

The team is having a lot of fun even though we have some challenges. Hopefully we can iron this out and do better at the next event.

But the fun and the learning is off the map awesome.
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Haha. 1311 struggling early on is an understatement. Two failed matches with wiring defects. Then we completely torsionally sheared all four wheel axles. It is four wheel drive.

The team is having a lot of fun even though we have some challenges. Hopefully we can iron this out and do better at the next event.

But the fun and the learning is off the map awesome.
How did axels shear?
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Re: PCH District: Albany & Dalton Predictions

So far we're loving the Albany event so far. Venue is roomy, the small number of teams makes scouting interesting, and our robot performance is making us pretty happy. We miss having a practice field, but we're still doing okay. Look forward to my post event recap for more thoughts.
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