[BB] Odds and Ends

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by iCurtis

Or perhaps Dave just decided that he would like to sleep during the month of December for the first time 7 years.

He can't.

[Meredith Novak]

Originally Posted by iCurtis

Or perhaps Dave just decided that he would like to sleep during the month of December for the first time 7 years.

He's going to have to pay to heat his house, though.

[lbarger]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

He can't.

I'm not so sure Dave sleeps. It's probably more like 'guru meditation'.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I always called it the indicator light or the $!#/>*ing light.



You mean like Lunacy? I think people underestimate how much of a step in the right direction the game was; all scoring was at the end of the game, basically no penalties... I wouldn't be surprised if FRC games keep moving in that direction. Such as this next one!

Kickoff looking different = field looking different.

A majority of FIRST games in the last 10 years have been scored at the end only.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by DRAKE343

If FRC is in some way supposed to represent a sporting event, maybe that instant replay needs to be looked at more closely. Maybe the drive teams can have a red/blue flag they throw onto the field.

Haven't you figured out that FRC adapts soccer rules? Red/yellow cards, impeding, even soccer ref shirts. Soccer has no instant replay / video review.

[alectronic]

Originally Posted by Karibou

I'm interested to see what aspect of kickoff will look different this year. I'm sure it's just going to be something different about the broadcast, since every site is different and having some kind of physical change would be really hard to accomodate, but you never know.

I can say with some level of confidence that it likely relates to the way segments of the broadcast happen. They have repeatedly run upwards of 30 minutes over the schedule, causing difficulty for remote kickoff locations. For example, in seattle the kits arrive on a truck for teams when the broadcast ends, and in 2009 it ran over and the truck had to leave the kits outside because the broadcast was still going.
Anyways, i have a feeling that more portions will be pre-recorded.
my 0.02

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by iCurtis

Or perhaps Dave just decided that he would like to sleep during the month of December for the first time in 7 years.

Dave sleeps in December, his house is all nice and toasty from all the computers rendering the kickoff animation.

[Josh Drake]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Haven't you figured out that FRC adapts soccer rules? Red/yellow cards, impeding, even soccer ref shirts. Soccer has no instant replay / video review.

Yeah, I bet Ireland wishes it did after what happened yesterday!

I'm not trying to blast refs or say anything negative about how things are run. I'm impressed with all of the planning that goes into an event. I was just making a reference to the NFL.