I would like to echo the thanks to the folks at Friendship Collegiate! It
was our first tournament ever so we had no idea what to expect and it was a
great experience! I especially enjoyed meeting some of the student hosts,
who were wonderful.

Beth
Wolfhounds

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 10:42 AM Phil Smith III <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Of course you're not wrong that this was suboptimal, and I have fond (?)
> memories of The Capital Girls trying to adjust light sensor sensitivity to
> deal with a gym that was very different from our test environment (and this
> with an RCX--very primitive compared to today).
>
> OTOH I'd point out to the team that this echoes real life: conditions are
> not always ideal, and you have to adapt. I'd turn this into an exercise and
> ask them what they could do to avoid this in the future.
>
> I realize they can't expect to anticipate every problem, so I hope I'm not
> sounding dismissive. It's more of a "Yeah, stuff like that happens" thing.
> And this is why there are multiple table runs, so a single anomaly need not
> be decisive.
>
> See you next year!
> --
> Phil Smith III
>
> Coach, The Capital Girls (retired)
> Team 1900 (2002)
> Team 2497 (2003)
> Team 2355 (2004)
> Team 1945 (2005)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: First Lego League in Virginia and DC [mailto:
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Srini Sam
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 9:57 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [VADCFLL-L] Friendship Collegiate DC FLL Team BIG THANK YOU +
> SUGGESTION
>
> Hello Friendship Collegiate DC team of volunteers and organizing team of
> Judges and Referees,
>
> A BIG Thank you for the tremendous team of dedicated volunteers, Judges,
> Chief Refs at Friendship Collegiate Academy DC Nov 23 team.  I had
> volunteered as a Judge on Nov 9th tournament in USPTO, Alexandria. VA.so i
> know the value of volunteering.
>
> One suggestion. The gym where the Competition round of Robot Runs were
> conducted was not adequately lit / kind of dark. The cloudy day this
> saturday didn't help either. Due to this , during our last run  / round -3
> [red/blue tables] , our technician was not able to see the program name in
> the EV3 brick on some occasions and hence couldn't run the program on
> time.  we didn't score points and hence lost on few other things......its
> very sad to see the disappointment on our team's faces and 5 months of
> hard-work.
>
> As a Robotics teacher , i understand that artificial lighting will affect
> the COLOR sensor readings and can dramatically affect the EV3 programs for
> simple beginner rookie teams using color sensor.
>
> I am not sure what could be done better to avoid this situation.
>
> Kindly note this.
>
> Congrats to every team that participated.
>
> Thanks,
> Srini.
>
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St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School

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