[Racer26]

I also remember an instance in the 2009 GTR Finals, when the Head Ref made the decision to not allow 188 to play in Finals Match 2 after 188/610/1305 had upset 2056/1114/2185 in Finals Match 1, and they were about 10 seconds late returning from a timeout to repair 610's manipulator. Karthik, and a number of others were stunned to hear what sounded like nearly the entire stadium booing the decision. It was evident that people didn't like what ultimately amounted to handing the 1114/2056/2185 alliance Finals match 2 on a silver platter, but the way it was shown was downright embarrassing to the Canadian FIRST community.

Karthik was so stunned by this that he forgot to have the alliances do the traditional handshake prior to FM2.