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Re: Violations not being Penalized Properly at Competition

It's quite possible that the ref simply forgot to note the penalty (which would be for crossing the centerline, not necessarily for zone/lane violations). That sort of thing has happened before.

If you see the ref call a penalty that isn't counted, park someone in the question box. It can change the outcome of the match.

Back in 2005, 330 was hit in a loading zone (think a much smaller version of the lane), which at the time was 3 10-point penalties. That particular penalty was nicknamed the "Kiss of Death" because many match scores didn't get up that high. The refs called it (flags were thrown to the ground, as that was the penalty marker design back then). But when the scores came up, we lost and our opponents had no penalties. Someone on the drive team headed over to the refs (there wasn't a question box at that time) to find out why. The response, IIRC, was "Oops, we forgot" and the score was promptly changed to reflect the penalty. We won the match because of that penalty.
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