Regional Updates?????

[Nate Smith]

Originally posted by WernerNYK


Really??!! Wow..... I dont understand that at all. I mean, us rookies are already at a disadvantage becaues we are....well....rookies. Rookie teams really need all the help they could get. If FIRST wants more teams to join and do well, they need to make them feel accepted, and have a reason to get pumped up and do well. I can't think of anything off of the top of my head - still exhausted, but I know this isnt the only thing that sort of "degrades" rookies.

As far as pit layout goes, having worked several regionals the past few years(and having my first for this season coming up next week,) I have a little bit of insight as to how things are done:

1. In many cases, the judges have specifically requested that the pits be laid out in numerical order, to make their job easier in finding a particular team.
2. At more and more event sites, the growth in teams exceeds the original planned pit space, so a "split pit" is necessary, meaning that some teams are going to be in a different location than the others.

Believe me, it's nothing against the rookies, just the way the logistics work out at many of the event sites. I've never heard of a split for as few as 4 teams, however, so I'm glad it didn't come to that...