Sitting down during matches

[RyanCahoon]

Just another option... 2046's usual approach is we sit for most of the match, but when we get a large dump of orbit balls/score a supercell/see our alliance score two trackballs simultaneously/score the last innertube necessary for a full ring on the rack/etc., we'll jump up and cheer at the tops of our lungs, just like for a football team scoring a touchdown or something; 8 seconds later we're all seated to me. Maybe this discussion is excluding this type of occurrence and everybody does this as well, but my point being is your team doesn't have to solely sit or stand for the entire match.

Granted I've never been a driver, so I'm not sure to what degree different habits give the best support to those on the field, but it seems to me that emphasizing the best points of the game actually give the support some significance. Getting even more personal for a second, I don't give a standing ovation to every award at the awards ceremony either, as I feel an award like Chairman's or WFA deserves a greater recognition than i.e. website award (sorry webdevs). Same kind of idea. That last part might be a bit more controversial...

Just my $0.02
--Ryan

[abeD]

From what I remember from driving, during team intro's you look into the crowd see your team stand and cheer for you and all that and it's great, but once the match starts that's just background noise and your pretty focused on what's going on on the field. I can't remember one time where I noticed whether my team was standing or sitting while we were playing on the field.


Does anyone remember back when it was at Epcot they had those sections up front for the teams that were competing to go into? I don't really remember if you could stand there the whole time but it was split off from the stands. Don't know if there is any way to do this in ATL though.

[MrForbes]

Hmmm.....how about a vertical playing field? climbing robots....

(as usual, I mistakenly look for a technical solution to a social problem)