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. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > > -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via > VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to > subscribe. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > > -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via > VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to > subscribe. > -- Dr. Beth Cole Grade 6 Math St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School T: 202 295 6461 www.stpatsdc.org *pronouns: she, her, hers* [image: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.stpatsdc.org&d=DwIBaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=k6Oa5GxfBPFMgGjb2r5QIoEOeBZs9xbNIpA0kLw_kFQ&m=7shL1rxkjjIpXO6YcMqPuOeoKzo11Jg8PsXTYniuQFY&s=UmB4TslihkKcLSbexB1hMUCwr6JCYkKZD4OuLMsq9nE&e=] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.