Cheering, standing ovations, and required team actions during matches and awards

[Kevin Sevcik]

So I still stick by my stance waaaay earlier in this thread that people should just think about the other people around them, whether they're standing or sitting. I figured I'd relate something that happened at LSR, though.

I was sitting with my girlfriend near the top of the stands, and a match just ended. A pair of students in front of us were standing up because they had a robot in the match and it was fairly exciting. Then they kept standing. And kept standing. Presumably waiting for scores. Then the next match started and they were STILL standing, not even interested in the match. Finally we ask them to sit down, and a few people behind us ask them to sit down. And the respond with "Okay!" in a tone conveying that we were horribly inconveniencing them.

This is where the strife between the sitters and the standers comes from. Inconsiderate people on both sides just make it a very contentious issue for those of us that just want to have a good time without annoying everyone around us.