For the robot, you will have 5 rounds at the competition tables: two
practice rounds to begin with followed by three rounds that count. The
highest scoring round from the three that count is your team’s score for that
part of the competition.
A robot round may only last 2.5 minutes, and they do try to keep the
matches moving quickly, but when you add in team setup, scoring and the
resetting of the table, each round is much longer than 2.5 minutes. Now
run every team through 5 rounds during the course of the day and it all adds
up.
Also your team will be scheduled for three judging sessions (research
presentation, teamwork and robot design). Each of those will only last
about 5 minutes each but you must be ready in the hallway beforehand so you can
start right on time.
Your tournament day will consist of longer periods of idle time,
interspersed with short bursts of activity as you round up your team and find
where you are supposed to be for your next judging or robot round. The day
is pretty full and the kids will enjoy hanging out in the pit area, meeting
other teams and using the practice tables there. It is a good idea to have
some UNO cards, a chess board, and to have the kids bring there Nintendo DS
units, etc. to pass some of the idle time.
There are also opening and closing ceremonies that help make it a full, but
satisfying day.
Stuart
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 1:06 PM
Subject: [VADCFLL-L] Robot game-how many matches
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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