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On a different issue, I was stunned by the ball hoarding that I saw on my end of the field. I saw the official at the closest side call a foul at the start of a match, but then never check again. Human players were holding two balls and had 5 or more on many occasions. And in this case, there is no way the students on the other alliance would have any idea to protest; they can't see what is going on. Ball starvation could have been the difference in several matches, though I didn't try to track it. George |
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I did see a few instances where alliances let the balls sit in the corral for a while (as mentioned earlier) and should have been called for a foul. I only saw one Inbounder holding more than 2 balls on the red alliance and that was called. It was called a few times. I understand that it is difficult for the referees to actually see what was going on behind the player's station. There are only 4 refs (plus the head ref) so each one of them typically monitors their part of the field. I did see some of the refs running back to check if the Inbounders were complying with G31, but, yes, there were times when calls were not made. As for being the difference in the match, teams were really only starving their own alliance of balls so they were just hurting themselves. I know many Inbounders would hold onto the balls until robots were out of the way so they could make it to the other side over the bump or they would hold onto them if it was getting close to the 30-second mark where they could start throwing them over the wall. |
Re: 2012 Washington DC Regional
I want to say a very big “Thank you!” to Denise Lewis, Judges, Referees, Pit Admin “Divas!” and all Event Volunteers for a wonderful event!
A very special “Thank you!” to the FTAs – especially to Jacob and all his assistance! To Jeff and Justin – you make these events a lot of fun! To me, you are the “voice of FIRST!” Congratulations to FIRST Team 461 on earning the Chairman’s Award! You are an inspiration and a wonderful model for all of us! Congratulations to FIRST Team 1885 on the EI Award! I hope we can partner together to expand the role of STEM education in the Capitol area. A special shout-out to FIRST Teams 116, 174, and 1418! The Semis were one of the best set of matches I’ve ever had the pleasure to be a part of! You were all very high on my scouting data, so I knew it was going to be a tough set of matches, but never as thrilling as it turned out to be! I hope that one day we get to be on the same side of the glass! Thank you to FIRST Team 1218 and 141! You were great partners! It was a lot of fun to work with you all! We fell short this time, but I eagerly look forward to working with you all again in the future! I hope to see you all in St. Louis! Congratulations to FIRST Teams 467, 357, and 2914 for the Regional Win! I am thrilled that a local DC team is now able to hang a DC Regional Winner blue banner! I look forward to seeing you all in St. Louis! I hope to see you all again next year in DC! |
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After some discussion during the quaterfinal FIRSt team 2849 ursamajor broke down and we called a timeout to try and fix the issue but in the end its couldnt be fixed before the start of the match.So it was a handicapped match and our alliance was down to 2 versus 3 bots why wouldnt the let us bring in a backup bot.
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T28 and T29 are the relevant rules. Quote:
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[T29] If during a Timeout an Alliance Captain determines that they need to call up a Backup Robot, they must submit their Backup Robot coupon to the Head Referee while there is still at least two minutes remaining on the Time-out Clock. After that point, they will not be allowed to utilize the Backup Robot. Alternatively, an Alliance Captain may choose to call up a Backup Robot without using their Timeout by informing the Head Referee directly within two minutes of the Head Referee issuing the Field Reset Signal preceding their Match. (emphasis mine) This should have been covered in the Alliance Captain's meeting after selections, and it's been in the rules since Day 1. It's quite possible that someone forgot, though--competition stress tends to do that to you. |
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Thanks for the clarification i will pass onto the team most of the team were new members and those who been on the team was busy trying to fix the issue
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