[FRC Blog] More ‘Something New’ at the FIRST Championship

[DCA Fan]

Definitely in favor of this idea. Looking forward to seeing what gets put into the timeout slots - I hope at least one of them is the Chairman's video.

[Carolyn_Grace]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Offering a solution reads the same as suggesting one should do it...

Nope. Stahp. Please keep the drama out of this thread.

CD has too much drama right now, and nitpicking how and what others are saying isn't the best way of handling things in the current state of CD and FIRST. Let's go with trying to decipher intent and assume that intent is positive interaction.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Did I say you should do this? No. I'm offering a simple suggestion if a team wants good seats for Einstein.

The only way to get good seats on Einstein is to have your team participating on Einstein.

[OZ_341]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

The only way to get good seats on Einstein is to have your team participating on Einstein.

Amen to that!
I not sure what motivates me more, the actually winning or just the dream of getting a good seat.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by OZ_341

Amen to that!
I not sure what motivates me more, the actually winning or just the dream of getting a good seat.

After working Einstein in 2012 I'm really not all that eager to go back myself.

[Siri]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

After working Einstein in 2012 I'm really not all that eager to go back myself.

Yeah, the view from the pit is pretty terrible, really. Sorry to disappoint, Al!

This is great, FIRST. Continuous improvement. I'm also personally happy about the more predictable timing between Einstein matches. None of us want more field errors on Einstein, but having time--known time--between matches after such errors would teams help a lot.

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Leave a small group of students in the division seating to get the award if they win one.

Why wouldn't you want your whole team to be there to celebrate? Winning an award at championships is something you would really want the whole team (whole team that traveled) to be there for, it is an experience like no other.

[Damiaen_Florian]

This is actually awesome, by Saturday many teams are tired from a long week of competing and preparing for this event, the long speeches and awards seem to drag on even longer because of this. This is a wonderful fix to time constraints and they even found a way to be able to award more teams with engineering inspiration and other various awards.

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by cadandcookies

I like it.

Does make me curious as to how they'll be awarding division awards (in terms of scheduling and relative to the Einstein matches), though.

I personally think it's a great idea, there are so many stories that deserve being heard. As for timing, I feel like there is always plenty of time after matches finish... I anticipate more judges at championship due to this change.

This to me will be a great change.