Petition: Scoring Display needs a TRUE CLOCK!!

[Bharat Nain]

Originally Posted by mtaman02

I have many things to comment about when it concerns this game. a more visible clock sadly enough is not one of them b/c Teams are suppose to work in co-opertition with one another forming a dominant alliance. Very Very Very Rare does that alliance do what they say they are gonna do. Having a Visible Clock will not change a thing. Even with the extremely Audible Game sounds doesn't make the alliance do what they have to do. I have played in the FIRST Game and I have Volunteered at the FIRST Game and I have not seen anyone look at the screen to see where they stand as far as time was concerned. Heck I don't even think the teams pay attention to the scoring. They're too busy concentrating on whats going on in front of them. Now what teams should do is appoint 1 person only to keep an eye on the clock and have them run back and forth in the player station informing the alliance how much time they have left to complete the game successfully. Now if you want ask FIRST to put up more visible timers on top of the player station b/c I do agree that one on each side is not enough or better yet put the countdown timers on top of the goal. b/c my person opinion is your eyes should be on the game not looking for a clock.

If the game had no time limit and rather "who achieves this objective first?", then I'd agree with you. This year's and every year's game is entirely based on timing your moves. For example, it is important for a ramp bot to know when they need to get back to their home zone and deploy their ramp. It is also important for the alliance partners to know how much time they need to get up on the ramp. If a team is attempting to place a ringer on the rack and they have 5 seconds left, they can time their drop/cap. I think I have provided sufficient evidence that an accurate timer is absolutely essential to this years game and FIRST should implement it into their system.