The Pits

[yodameister]

Are any folding chairs provided in addition to the table?

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally Posted by yodameister

Are any folding chairs provided in addition to the table?

In past years (at least at competitions I've attended) there have not been chairs provided.

[dhitchco]

I concur with Katie that no folding chairs were provided in 2005 at:
Finger Lakes Regional
Buckeye Regional
Toronto Regional
Atlanta Championship

so.....your team should NOT be congregating in front of your pit except to show-off stuff to the judges as they make their rounds. Your team should be off meeting other teams and scouting them (their pits, robot, spirit, etc) or should be sitting in the stands cheering other teams.

But...with that said, if you have somebody on your team that really needs a chair, consider a way to put a lightweight chair into your robot crate or carry to the event.

Just be sure to NOT block the aisles with chairs, etc. It gets really crazy in the pit area.

ps: I'm still looking for info on the "size" of pits at various regionals.....

[devicenull]

Originally Posted by dhitchco

I concur with Katie that no folding chairs were provided in 2005 at:
Finger Lakes Regional
Buckeye Regional
Toronto Regional
Atlanta Championship

so.....your team should NOT be congregating in front of your pit except to show-off stuff to the judges as they make their rounds. Your team should be off meeting other teams and scouting them (their pits, robot, spirit, etc) or should be sitting in the stands cheering other teams.

But...with that said, if you have somebody on your team that really needs a chair, consider a way to put a lightweight chair into your robot crate or carry to the event.

Just be sure to NOT block the aisles with chairs, etc. It gets really crazy in the pit area.

ps: I'm still looking for info on the "size" of pits at various regionals.....

The pits are very, very crowded. So having a bunch of people in/around your pit would not be the best idea.. Unless you got one of the end ones, like we did at nationals