FIRST Server Issues

[ghesla]

This was so expected, this new fancy dashboard...

I need to work, HQ!

[kdavidson]

I feel like I'm trying to win something on a radio call-in contest. Dial, busy, dial, busy...

[topgun]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

They really just need to call it off and do a re-launch, with it working.

Agree.

[cpapplefamily]

I'm a first year mentor registering. Glad to see its everyone

[cpapplefamily]

Why not present registration

[marshall]

Why is this a free for all instead of a lottery system?

Either way, my hat is off to the FIRST IT staff handling the fire right now. I hope Frank and Dean sponsor a party for you after this is resolved.

[mathking]

Originally Posted by marshall

Why is this a free for all instead of a lottery system?

Either way, my hat is off to the FIRST IT staff handling the fire right now. I hope Frank and Dean sponsor a party for you after this is resolved.

Agreed. A lottery would make much more sense, be less stressful and be more fair to teams who may not have a mentor free at noon EST.

[Jimmy Nichols]

Originally Posted by mathking

Agreed. A lottery would make much more sense, be less stressful and be more fair to teams who may not have a mentor free at noon EST.

The potential problem with a lottery system might be that teams who can't afford to travel would get shut out of the only regional they can attend. Granted there are hold back spots, but those aren't always a guarantee. Though teams who still need an event would get in, it could still play havoc with school PO systems and invoicing, etc.

[Chief Hedgehog]

Well this thread caught fire pretty quickly...

[FrankJ]

This is why I am really controlling on robot code updates between matches. There are no minor updates. You really have to test your changes.

[mastachyra]

Ok, here's the plan: Everyone stop trying to register so I can test out the system. As soon as I get my team registered, I'll let you know and you can all try again.

Ok, GO!

[pandamonium]

Why couldn't they stagger registration. Week 1 event 9am Week 2 event 10am... Wouldn't this have put less stress on the system?

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by pandamonium

Why couldn't they stagger registration. Week 1 event 9am Week 2 event 10am... Wouldn't this have put less stress on the system?

It would, but it seems like scaling up the system is the better solution.

Staggering the events would let teams come up with cascading registration places that would unfairly benefit some.

[crazyrobochick]

I think the funniest thing about all of this and its not super funny but...When I couldn't get on the FIRST website I immediately came here to figure out what was going on and if anyone else had got on. Which just produced more errors as everyone was doing the same thing as I was. Just goes to show how engineers need information and hate being in the dark.

[Larry Lewis]

Originally Posted by pandamonium

Why couldn't they stagger registration. Week 1 event 9am Week 2 event 10am... Wouldn't this have put less stress on the system?

Neat idea. Only issue would be if you didn't get into that week 5 event you wanted and your fallback was a week 2 event. It is probably filled at this point.
But going off of that maybe you could stagger it by team timezone. So just do each time zone at noon. That way it gives preference to the local teams to get into their events but avoids as much of a rush.