Few clarification about the Table and Game rounds duration.
 
Game time (2.5 Minutes) + rest time for scoring and reset table.
Judging - (5 minutes Presentation + 5 minutes for Q&A)

To avoid any slippage in schedule, teams are requested to queue 10 minutes before the game/judging time. Designate two adults with copies of the team schedules to listen for queuing calls and to keep the team on schedule. While in queue for Judging help Judges Assistant keep hallway quiet.

Only team members and three adults (Coach. Co-coach and historian/mentor/photographer) are allowed in Judging room. Judges are volunteers and see multiple presentations in a day with short breaks, so keep presentation short and memorable. Usually no Audio/Video equipments are available in the Judging rooms.

Every site will have practice tables in the Pit area for teams to fine tune their programs before they head to the game round. Usually we ask teams to schedule in advance no more then 5 minutes of practice table usage. 

Due to space constrains and personnel safety reasons, teams should not take their mats and/or tables to the pit area or spread on hallway. Depending on the site, their will be charging stations in the Pit area for team use and occupancy may be limited to team members only.

Desh Deshmukh
GMU/Fairfax 1 & 2 - Tournament Coordinator

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From: Desh Deshmukh <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] Robot game-how many matches


My apologies if I am adding extra e-mail on your folder, but worth for Rookie teams to plan their day. 
 
Few additions to the ongoing responses when we provide Team's their schedule for the day. Usually it is provided few days prior to the day of the tournament, but it is not guaranteed based on last minute changes.  The following is a sample of team XXXX schedule from last year and may be different based at each location. Expect to have no more then 30 minutes between each activity except break during the Lunch time. 
Team
Schedule for Team XXXX — 
 Schedule
generated at 20:32:23 on Saturday, 30 Oct 2010
All
times subject to change due to possible schedule slippage!
The
tournament starts at 10:00
Registration
starts at 09:00 and ends at 10:00
Opening
ceremonies end at 10:30
Coaches'
meeting is at 09:45 -- ONE COACH SHOULD PLAN TO BE THERE!!!
The
Practice round and Round 1 are 8 minutes long
Rounds
2 and 3 are 6 minutes long
 
***
Make sure you know where your team needs to be and when and get
them there on time! ***
Practice
Round                       10:30               Table: Red           vs    Team 10119 
Research                                 11:02               Presentation Room 128
Competition
Round 1             11:24               Table: Red           vs    Team 10119 
Robot
Design                          11:48               RobotDesign Room 123
Competition
Round 2             12:38               Table: Red           vs    Team 7864 
Teamwork                               13:02               Teamwork Room 120
Competition Round 3             13:20                Table: Yellow      vs    Team 10497 

Desh Deshmukh


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From: VA/DC Referee Advisor <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] Robot game-how many matches

As you've seen, people have a wide variety of experiences to tell you
about.  Specifics about number of rounds and length of
 judging
sessions vary depending on the tournament.

In Virginia/DC you'll see:
- at least one practice round of the Robot Game
- at least three competition rounds of the Robot Game
- three judging sessions (in my experience, these are usually 10 minutes each)
- interaction with other teams
- ceremonies and recognition
- lots of fun!

I am confident that you won't feel like there was too little to do to
make it worthwhile!

I am planning to send my "What to expect at your tournament" message
in a day or two, which has some additional information.

Steve Scherr
VA/DC FLL Referee Advisor

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Michele Bossick <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello all-
> I am a rookie coach of the RoboSaints and was curious was to how many 2.5
> minute matches we compete in on
 the day of the competition?  Are we trying
> to complete as many missions as we can in one 2.5 minute time period? We
> have a young team so we have set our goals to hopefully completing 3 to 4
> missions successfully. I am just trying to get an idea of how long the
> tournament day will be because if we all just have 2.5 minutes it seems like
> it will go pretty quickly...I guess I am trying to visualize the competition
> day since I am a newbie!
> Thanks for any input!
> Michele Bossick
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