A Not So Gentle reminder to display Gracious Professionalism

[Rich Wong]

Originally Posted by thewizard16

Rich, you might be on to something. I think reserved seating could be a nice security blanket for teams that want to make sure they've got the seats they'll need, but I think it would ultimately have some major problems. There are two reasons.

One- People will complain a LOT about "the angle" they view from or that "they got there early and should have had the seats in the middle"... etc.
Two- Some teams are bound to reserve way more seats than they'll actually need, and then we'll be back where we started.

But, it could still be a good idea.

Agreed and good points.
With random assignments of the rows/blocks of seats made before the teams arrive on Thursday to minimumize bias for one team over another. If they get good or bad seat then it is just luck. This also eliminates team members rushing in on Thursday with a row of tape to hold seats.

The regional organizer will issue seating maps to the teams on Thursday registration. They will indicates the team's reserved seated. This may hopefully eliminate some of the problem seen at regionals with small seating capacity (like NYC).