The reason for the no chairs is because we utilize around 390 machines and have a TD and tech staff of around 20 people at one time. Most people don’t notice because they are playing and watching other players play but we run around like crazies answering the tech lights. Each round is 2:15 long. Whether a game is malfunctioning or a player needs a ruling, I want to say we answer anywhere from 10-40 tech lights a round. The first 2 rounds are the worst as the games haven’t had heavy play in a year. As well as we swap out an average of 3-4 games per round. The chairs would just get in the way.

Every year we start round one with 500+ pens. By round 3 there’s around 100 left.