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Re: General Post MARC discussion

The event was absolutely wonderful. Too many positives to list. The pig roast was awesome, the volunteers were incredible, I couldn't stop laughing when Mr. MC brought out is phone to start reading trivia questions... it was great!

I'm not sure how anyone can think that the mentor rounds were too long (unless perhaps they were people not actually playing in them?). The ONE time a year the mentors get to go let it hang out - please don't begrudge us folks who can't go to IRI our little bit of fun. Heck, I'd happily pay the money to do it.... but too long? Hardly.

Do the pig roast and the mentor rounds at the same time. But don't exclude mentors from participating. It should be a good clue that these are a GREAT idea when 24 of the 32 teams signed up for them!!!!

Negatives:
1. Teams. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE UNTIL THE AWARDS ARE OVER. 32 teams and I think you could count the teams in the stands for the final awards on 2 hands. That's disappointing to say the least. 30 minutes is not going to kill you. There's really not much of an excuse for skipping the awards ceremony other than laziness.

2. Non-serpentine draft and 4 team alliances. The 4 team alliances added a lot of extra un-needed confusion during the playoffs. The non-serpentine draft makes it even more difficult for teams 4-8 to compete. Use the standard FIRST model. I found it interesting when the non-serpentine draft was announced and the stands went nearly silent - I'm not sure if that was shock or uncertainty. Or, if you insist on using the non-serpentine draft, then make it so the top 8 can't pick one another.

3. Bathrooms. 1 stall for all the males there. Yikes. I don't need to tell you how pleasant that bathroom was by the end of the day....

4. Heat. It wasn't REALLY that bad. It was warm, but not earth-shatteringly so. Last year was much worse.
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