[Yaaarc] FIRST Great Lakes Regional and Brick Bash! this weekend

[Rick Green]

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Joe Zimmerman wrote:

> Looking though the website about the FIRST regional it seems a bit vague for
> people not involved in the competition.

>  Do you have to be a guest of a team to show up and watch?

   No, it's open to the public.

>  Does it cost anything to come watch?

  No, it's free.

>  Is there a better time/day to show up and watch that would be more 
> exciting?
   Depends on what you call excitement:
   Thursday is practice day, there are matches run all day, but some teams 
are still working out the bugs, so there's more dead robots and less 
action to the matches.  Frantic action in the pits and machine shop.
   Friday all day, and Saturday Morning are the qualification matches, 
where teams are randomly assigned into 'alliances' for each match.  Lots 
of action, lots of excited people everywhere.
   Saturday afternoon is the championship elimination, where the teams that 
scored the best during qualification are allowed to hand-pick their 
alliance partners, then go into a single-elimination tournament.  The best 
robots, the best drivers, and the maximum decibel screaming kids!

-- 
Rick Green

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