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Re: Championship 2007 - Atlanta - What Needs To Be Improved
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i agree weather def. needs to be better, lol. the team social needs to be planned after finals are over. o and the music on galileo this year wasnt loud haha that def. needs to be turned up a bit. haha but nothing major needs to be changed i think they do a great job in setting it all up and how they do the awards and such. |
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As to feeling safe in Atlanta, I did. The rest of my team, however, did not. I know there was a shooting in the CNN Center area on Thursday, but in no way did I feel threatened. I think I've already complained once in this tread, but I want to make another point. That point, though, I have forgotten, sorry. ![]() |
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I have little doubt that they are fine craftsmen, but as a viewer, I felt that they far too often concentrated on the wrong things or on the right things at the wrong times. Blake PS: The webcast feed froze very often on my home computer. Ensure that all parts the video server end of the feed(s) (number crunching and I/O bandwidth) have the capacity they need, plus a comfortable margin of safety. I realize that there can be bottlenecks on my end of the feed and that FIRST/NASA can't solve those. |
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Thats awesome Championships is in atlanta! that makes me so happY!! ![]() |
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The problem is, things that would be good for the webcasts (like a wide view of the full field) don't work well for the big screen at the event. People at the event can already see the whole field so they're more interested in close-ups. |
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Actually, I think there is a way to run another field in the Dome. (I say field for a reason: with 34 channels that are not user-selectable, you can run only five six-robot fields. If you went back to 2v2, you could run eight...but FIRST seems to like 3v3, so we'll use that.)
Suppose that each of these five divisions played a standard qualification load, then went through alliance selection. From there, the alliance captains are sorted as though they were all on the same field. Once that's done, set up one uberbracket (with first-round byes) that spans all five divisions, with the number of fields used shrinking as rounds progress. The final four alliances--no divisional champions here--play on Einstein. Yes, there are drawbacks to this arrangement. Call it how you'd like. On the subject of safety, I will say that I was a little sketched out as I walked from CNN center back to my car at the Dome on Thursday night. I encountered a rather boisterous conversation near Philips Arena, which I sort of steered around, and then was approached by someone who was apparently a temp working the Championship looking for information (I had to proclaim ignorance, though I guess my badge made me look official enough), then was asked by the same gentleman if I could spare bus fare. (I couldn't, citing my college-student status.) A voice from far behind shouted "You don't look like a college student!" as I reached the escalator--let's say I hastened my descent towards the Gold Deck. However, it was late, I was a little dumb for walking solo wearing things that shouted "NOT FROM AROUND THESE PARTS", and it's the first time my sketch-o-meter has gone way up the scale since I started going to the Championship in 2004. Call that one how you'd like as well. Last edited by Billfred : 18-04-2007 at 17:05. |
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I'm not sure if this has/hasn't been brought up in this thread, but I'm going to say it anyway.
I think that the medals that you get for getting division champion should be different from the "gold" medals you get at regionals. I'm not saying have a different one for each division (Newton, Archimedes, Curie, Galileo), just maybe add something that say "Division Champions" or "Championship" just so that even if your team does not win the whole thing (where, BTW, the medals are different) there is still a distinction between your regional medals and championship [division] medals without having to write it yourself on the back. |
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The medals awarded simply need different lanyards. This is just a different embroidery task, and wouldn't cost nearly as much as getting an entirely different medal cast.
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There you go... I overlooked that solution. It would possibly be MUCH cheaper to have a different lanyard personalized for each regional/division than medal. I've got 3 silver medals and the only way I can tell the difference is from the year date. What if I got more than one in a year? Then I'd be like, "This one is from Magnolia, no this one is, and this one's from Internationals, wait... no, that's not right, I'm so confused." But in a situation like that, both medals are the same, it doesn't make a difference. And I just contradicted myself, again.
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[quote=GRaduns340;617558]Not having been in the stands for much of the competition I don't know how things went out there, but I do agree that the algorithm really hurt a lot of teams. Just an example, team 316 was the second seed alliance at FLR this year, a well-deserved spot. Then at Championship they didn't win a single match and came in dead last. I might not know the whole story there, but that seemed more than a little unfair.
QUOTE] Thank you for the kind words...they mean a lot. We should have enountered 35 different robots on the field; we only encountered 29 due to duplications/repeats. Suggestion: have a human look over the match sheets once the computer generates them. -Shelbo's Mom |
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How about adding a scout only area. Pass out a number of badges per team, 6 to 10. This would allow unobstructed views for the scouts and everyone else could go crazy, dance stand up and basically act like fools with impunity. It would also allow for a bit more collaboration among teams since you will be sitting with other people who have the same goals as you.
I noticed the view from the second tier was outstanding and perfect for taking full field video and scouting, but no one is allowed up there until the awards ceremony. That might be a good place for the scouting section. Bring your binoculars though if you want to read the numbers on the robots. Chris |
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Just my $0.02 ~Michael |
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