Has anyone had problems getting the plane from the base to the scoring area?  Seems to be too much friction.  Any tips?

Mac

Curt Tran <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hi Chinni,
> 
>Your first question is answered in the Judging FAQ
>(http://www.firstlegoleague.org/event/judgingfaq) with question #4.  An
>excerpt is included below:
> 
>Q: How is the Champion’s Award determined?  Are certain weights used?
>
>A: FLL’s Champion’s Award recognizes a team that “embodies the FLL
>experience, by fully embracing our Core Values while achieving
>excellence and innovation in both the Robot Game and Project.”  
>At an official event judges will look for balanced, strong performance
>across all 3 areas; this means that all three judged sessions (Core
>Values, Robot Design, and Project) are weighted equally to determine
>the initial group of Champion’s candidates.  (All candidates must also
>meet the 3 requirements highlighted in my earlier e-mail.)  All
>candidate teams are then reviewed during a deliberative process that
>considers Robot Performance placement and other qualitative factors. 
>Final determination of the award winner(s) is based on a vote of the
>full judging panel.
> 
>For additional clarification, the Robot Games scores are used to
>determine the Robot Performance Award.  In regarding to the Champion's
>Award, the qualifying candidates must be among the top 40% of all teams
>participating in the Robot Game at the event (see my previous e-mail). 
>As such, a team that might win Robot Performance Award with the highest
>scores does not automatically get advance to State competition.
> 
>Regarding to your last question, the robot games scores are posted at
>the tournament either with overhead projector or on large poster board
>as the games progress.  We do not track scores for the three judging
>sessions.  At the end of the tournament, the team will get back any
>handed in materials that they gave to the judges for review.  There
>will typically some feedback for the team similar to the rubrics form
>that I've e-mailed out earlier.
> 
>Cheers,
>Curt
> 
>
>________________________________
> From: VA/DC Referee Advisor <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] 
>Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 1:33 PM
>Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] How does the combined scoring work and what's
>the weightage.
>  
>
>
>The description of how awards are determined is available on the FLL
>Judging page at http://www.firstlegoleague.org/event/judging.  You
>should also read the Judging FAQ linked from that page. 
>
>FLL’s qualifier advancement policy is based on Champion’s Award
>criteria.  Champion’s Award criteria require that the team, performs
>well in all three judged areas (Project, Robot Design and Core Values)
>and receives a Robot Performance score in the top 40% of official Robot
>rounds among other requirements. 
>
>FLL does not rank teams except to identify Champion's Award winners. 
>There is no combined score or weighting.  The judges look at teams that
>perfom well in all project areas (subject to specific constraints about
>participation and sharing.) 
>
>All teams should expect to get judging rubrics with comments back after
>a tournament, identifying where they are strong, and where they are
>still developing. 
>
>Steve Scherr
>VA/DC FLL Referee Advisor
>
>
>
>
>On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Chinni Reddygari <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>Can some one point to how the combined scoring works ? What's the
>>percentage for the Robot challenges vs the percentage for the project
>vs for
>>teamwork etc ... I assume the teams go to the next level based on
>their
>>combined score.
>>
>>Also, where can the teams look at their individual scores, combined
>scores and
>>their standing after the competition.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Chinni.
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