Timeout!!

[Jon K.]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

The timeout would be great for dramatic effect- like they do in football games

"Red side are you ready? OK

Blue side are you ready? Blue???"

"Time out!"

then pull a fan out of your pocket, pace back and forth fanning yourself... stop a few times and look up at the ceiling and breath deep

pull a small towel from your back pocket, wipe your brow

take another deep breath

hold you palm out towards the ref while you try your best to look like you are in great pain

then clap your hands once and say "OK! Im ready now!"

Our alliance did this at UTC so that we could get our spare batteries out of our pit and so that we could all get a breather in. It was definately a nice feature. It also gave us time to cool out motors down so they didn't overheat. I have a feeling this could have been a deciding factor when FIRST was considering adding the timeout rule.

[Jake177]

At the Philadelphi Regional, in the first match of the finals, one of the supports for our basket broke . We took our timeout and were able to patch it up with a piece of angle iron. If we hadn't had the time to fix it, it would have put our alliance at a great disadvantage.

[Ricky Q.]

The timeout also saved the Midwest Champions, we took it before the finals to give 45 time to finish fixing their turret. I like the timeout.

[minic@HYPER69]

In NH my team was in the finals and actually needed our timeout. Right before the elimination rounds in SoCal the people from FIRST running the event said that if another alliance asked for ous we COULD let them have it. Of course could ment should. So as soon as they mentioned that i knew some1 was going to ask us. It turned out that 599's alliance asked and against me best interst we gave it to them . Well they got it to function but not all of it so we still won the match. If they did fix all of it they would have won because they were this }--{ close to capping their goal. So yes the timeouts are VERY VERY important!

[KenWittlief]

thats awesome - but think about it, would you really want to win the championship if the other team had a minor problem and one bot wasnt running?

Even if they were at 100% there is a great deal of luck and chance in these games - you never know whats gonna happen - and if you didnt take your timeout to let them get their bot into the best possible condition then you know what would happen - you would feel like you just got lucky their bot was broken, and they would feel cheated out of the chance to play their best.

isnt it better knowing that you gave them every possible chance, and you still won?

isnt that what taking the trophy home is all about, knowing you beat the opponent at their best, and you came out on top?