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Spockie-Tech
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Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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quote:
Originally posted by Bort:
Take the example of some qld and nsw newest builders. I bet their bots were still getting cobbled together in the last two weeks. Is it worth restricting them out of competition? I'd rather have more people involved than another regular bringing a fourth or fifth bot.
thats OK if its a private event, and the EO hasnt made a commitment to "put on a good show" for the many people involved in such an event (audience, venues owners etc). The more effort you want an EO to put into putting on a big
public
show, the more the responsibility needs to pass down the chain and the builders need to understand that the EO is *counting on them* to do the right thing and fulfill their end of the bargain. Is it worth excluding people who wont commit from such big events ? *absolutely yes*
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Originally posted by Bort:
You know what you were saying about clubs, well the same arguments could be had for imposing unnecessary rules to builders. In the end it might just make it more difficult.
Whats the difference if the bot withdraws a few days before, or doesn't ever come?
With pre-committed money you at least get that as funds. As far as on the day organising, your registration and round draw should be able to accomodate it.
So you're happy to pay an nonrefundable entry fee
large enough
that allows the EO to reimburse all the venue owners/punters/EO a percentage of their time according to how many cancel out ? (Which by the way, is *law* for concert promoters to do in the event of music act noshows)
I would put the real cost of organising your average smallish public event at somewhere between $2000-$5000 dollars (assuming you already have an arena in place) taking into account promotion, EOs organising time, insurance, venue costs etc. That does *not* include any money to pay judges, announcers, schedulers, tech inspectors, Lighting or DJ hire or any one of the jobs that people want done but EOs struggle to fill with volunteers.
Divide that up amongst 10-20 bots (if you're lucky), and it works out to $100-$500 *per robot*. Are you ready to front-up with that kind of cash and forfeit it for a no-show ?
That also doesnt take into account the damage to the EO's reputation if 1/3 of the bots pull out and leave them with an average show for the audience.
Showing up when you said you would for someone who is busting their ass on your behalf to arrange a nice place for you to play is hardly "Unnecessary Rules".. If you cant see that, theres no point in discussing it further.
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into producing a show that people like to watch. That is something that not many people can be bothered trying, and even less manage to do well, which is why I am full of praise for those few who have actually done it and derisive towards those who just talk about it.
