UTC Regional (NOT competition results) (Thoughts - Suggestions - Improvements)

[Tom Schindler]

Originally Posted by MrToast

My suggestion:

The cue-ers were nazis! Why were they cueing robots 5 matches in advance? That means that at any given time, more than 52% of all the robots there were on stage! Ridiculous! IMHO, you don't need to cue more than 3 matches ahead....

In the meetings we had Wednesday night, and Thursday morning, we chose to have 4 matches in the queue, in addition to the current match that was playing. The design of the meadows, and the tricky ramps make it very risky to queue any less. If we only queued two or three matches, by the time your "second call" came around, you would already be on deck.

If you think hte cue-ers were nazis, i suppose you are entitled to your opinion, but remember they were just doing their job, and that they were volunteers. From what i saw of the direction of these folks, they were doing it with a friendly attitude and a smile.

Beyond that, i just wanted to say that the teams were incredible in being where they were supposed to be at the right time. You guys sure made my job, and the jobs of the queueing people a heck of a lot easier than it could have been.

As it has been said in a few other threads-- all the teams at UTC were awesome, very competitive, but also very gracious. You guys rule.

Tom Schindler