FIRST Server Issues

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Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

Anybody have ideas for a crowdsourced solution?

Yes, the Payne Protocol:

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

If a reliable scaling solution is too infeasible, perhaps you register 2-3 district systems per day, then open up regionals?

Let District systems A, B, and C register on Monday Districts systems D, E, and F register on Tuesday. Districts systems G, H, and I register on Wednesday. Let all regional teams register on Thursday. There's no reason district and regional teams need to sign up for their initial events on the same days.

After initial registration, the next registration opening (October 6th) is just for 2nd In-District Events and Championship for Pre-Qualified Teams. The servers should be able to handle that. I would split up the following registration opening (October 20th) into two dates, one for 2nd Regional events and another for the Championship Waitlist. The November 3rd registration is for Unrestricted Regional events and 3rd In-District events, and November 10th is for Inter-District events, both of which the server should again be able to take care of.