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Originally Posted by squirrel
Yes...playing by the rules that have been there since the beginning.
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Yeah, we get it.. That's the rule. I don't think anyone is arguing that you need to trip the sensor. The issue at hand is that there is some obfuscation in the method of doing so. Sure, there is plate you need to lift, and it takes some amount of force. But we as teams have no way to actually test what we believe will trip the sensor short of going to the regional and trying it. Sure we can guess all we want at what will and will not trigger the sensor, but in the end it turns out the process for tuning these things is not as black and white as you would hope for. Sure, things don't work perfectly, that's engineering. But there might be a more deterministic way to see who won the race. Beam breakers? We dump way too much time and money into these regionals for "just trust us" to cut it. Real time scoring has never been very reliable, we all know that. It's not an issue if there is an accurate backup. While I'm certain (now more than before with Al's post) that this issue can be resolved at the regional level, the wording of the update was a bit disconcerting. I also look forward Einstein Finals Match 2-2 when everyone's minibot is more or less the same speed.
TL;DR: We all just got told "you're holding it wrong".