pic: NJ Regional - The Pits

[waialua359]

oh boy, and VCU next week is our first stop.
The fact that we were in the corner in NJ was very advantageous. Hate to see us stuck in the middle like so many other teams had to.
In NJ, we got the "best" spot since we were the first team to get the rows.
All the veteran low numbered teams up to team 341, Miss Daisy, had to be in the semicircle. They had the worst spot and the longest distance to travel through traffic.

[lukevanoort]

Originally Posted by waialua359

oh boy, and VCU next week is our first stop.
The fact that we were in the corner in NJ was very advantageous. Hate to see us stuck in the middle like so many other teams had to.
In NJ, we got the "best" spot since we were the first team to get the rows.
All the veteran low numbered teams up to team 341, Miss Daisy, had to be in the semicircle. They had the worst spot and the longest distance to travel through traffic.

VCU isn't that bad, the aisles tend to be full of people, which contributes to a packed feel. There are actually 2 less teams this year than last year (last year the event was overfilled, as I recall), but at a regional with as many teams as VCU, that is only about a 3% reduction. We do kick members out of our pit if it gets too crowded, but I don't think that is too unusual. Usually, it is just members of the non-robot-related subteams (PR and animation) who come down to see how its going/congratulate the drive team and then get sidetracked in a conversation. We've never run out of space it was just the pit crew, robot, and tools in the pit.

[Lea103]

Originally Posted by waialua359

oh boy, and VCU next week is our first stop.
The fact that we were in the corner in NJ was very advantageous. Hate to see us stuck in the middle like so many other teams had to.
In NJ, we got the "best" spot since we were the first team to get the rows.
All the veteran low numbered teams up to team 341, Miss Daisy, had to be in the semicircle. They had the worst spot and the longest distance to travel through traffic.

103 has always been part of the semi-circle. Having the bleachers behind us gave us a little bit of extra storage

[jayjaywalker3]

Originally Posted by waialua359

In NJ, we got the "best" spot since we were the first team to get the rows.
All the veteran low numbered teams up to team 341, Miss Daisy, had to be in the semicircle. They had the worst spot and the longest distance to travel through traffic.

I remember team 449 being at one end of that semicircle. Definitely a pain to get there. Even for me and I only went there like 3 or 4 times.