Game Day Display Crisis

The championship game's scoreboard has gone dark with 85,000 fans in attendance and millions watching worldwide. As Lead Technical Director, you're caught between your Head Engineer pushing for a full system reboot and your Operations Manager demanding quick patches. Every minute of downtime costs $100,000 in advertising revenue and risks your career.

Challenges

550

Survivors

Popularity

Difficulty

B1-B2

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Lead Technical Director of Stadium Operations

Conversation Partner

Marcus Chen, Network Operations Director

Setting

High-tech stadium control room with walls of flickering monitors, emergency red lighting, and constant radio chatter

Location

Apex Stadium Control Center - Level 3

Learning Objectives

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Restore advertising display functionality within 5 minutes

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Prevent system-wide collapse while implementing temporary fix

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Document decision path for inevitable post-mortem meeting

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“The board's been dark for 3 minutes. That's $300,000 gone. Your head engineer wants 30 minutes for a system reboot? Are you out of your mind? Fix this NOW.”

This is how Marcus Chen, Network Operations Director's greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#117

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