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title: Roles
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This section contains information on the various roles that we assign to volunteers during the competition.

Some roles are scheduled on a rota, generally these are the more important roles that are required for the competition to function.

This shouldn't be considered as an exhaustive list of roles, as many other roles are needed during the competition.

## Role Descriptions

| Name of Role | Brief Description |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Commentator](commentator) | Responsible for commentating matches and building a large amount of excitement amongst those near the arenas. |
| Helpdesk | Provide general help and tech support |
| Judge | Responsible for making the final word on any decision relating to teams in a game. |
| [Match Score Entry](match-score-entry) | Responsible for receiving scores from the match scorers and entering them into the competition software. |
| [Match Scorer](match-scorer) | Responsible for being in the arena, saving robots and scoring matches. |
| Reception | Controls entry to the event and handles kit collection. |
| Roving Helper | Help teams in the pits with issues. |
| Shepherd | Responsible for finding teams and ensuring they make it to their matches. |
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**Responsible for commentating matches and building a large amount of excitement amongst those near the arenas.**

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Why is this bold?

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This section is also bold on the other individual pages for roles.

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I would rather we use h2 for things like this

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This is content, not a heading. h2 would be inappropriate.


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Commentators also aren't allowed to make judgements on matches (i.e. if they are to be replayed, restarted or on any scoring decisions) - this was in SR documentation for previous years... :)

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I think this is implied as it isn't explicitly mentioned as something that a commentator should do.

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I can imagine people saying that the docs should be as explicit as possible...

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This will be described in the Judge role when that content is written.

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Given that the docs below do mention a related thing which the commentator shouldn't do (announcements to volunteers), I think it's reasonable to include here things which the commentator doesn't do.
I don't think we should assume that the commentator has read the docs for other roles.

How about (in place of the last sentence below, possibly as a separate paragraph):

As a commentator your role is to communicate to the competitors. Note that making decisions about the outcome of matches and communicating to volunteers are the responsibilities of other roles.

As a commentator you will be stationed near to the arena and able to walk freely around it. You will be given access to a PA system via a microphone for which to speak through to address the audience. It's important that you do not make announcements to volunteers through this.
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**Responsible for receiving scores from the match scorers and entering them into the competition software.**

In the role of score entry you will be stationed at a desk near to the arena/staging area. When a score sheet is given to you by the match scorers, you will enter the scores into a computer and then file the score sheet in a folder.

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Will they really be by the arena? They almost certainly want to be somewhere out of the way and quiet.
Historically this means that they have been on the Cube balcony.

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This information was taken from the student robotics documentation on this role. I am happy to change it if needed.

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At newbury, the scoring desk is next to the arena, yes. In the cube, it's often on the balcony, near the tech desk etc. I suggest we keep it there, so the cube floor is free.

On a related note, is there actually a need to say where the position is going to be in this? The entry people will be near the score entry desk, which will be wherever, we don't need anything more than that.

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**Responsible for being in the arena, saving robots and scoring matches.**

Information on scoring matches can be found in the [SR Docs](https://github.com/thomasleese/sr-match-coordinator/wiki/Match-Scoring).

Scoring is dependant on the game, so changes between every event.
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