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Re: 2011 Minnesota North Star Regional

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Originally Posted by Lynsey93 View Post
This is what I was talking about earlier. This is what I was upset about even before the minibot thing. And I saw this team do that in another match too, without being penalized.
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Originally Posted by Lynsey93 View Post
In the video I see exactly what I saw at the match. From where I was I could clearly see the blue bot (truck) up against the left pole. It also looks like the head-ref pointed to it at one point. At the time I didn't even notice the other pole, but I was under the impression (I don't know 100%) that if the blue bot touches the red bot while touching the red pole, it would be a red card.
Lynsey93, please see Kevin's comment below:

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Originally Posted by Vikesrock View Post
I have been told that the ref closest to that tower was paying careful attention to 3278 and determined they were not touching the tower.
This also agrees with what I know of the situation.

I would tend to think the middle ref on the left has the best view of this robot. In addition, if you pay attention to the team (3278, black shirts), it seems to be the center individual who is the driver. I see nothing that indicates driving from 3:30ish in the video to the end. Notice, all three of the refs on the left side walk by without a closer inspection. So, the two real options are 1) it was obvious from field level they were not touching or 2) it was touching and the refs ignored it or they miscalled the penalty. I would think someone would have asked about it if it was touching, so I would tend to think that the refs saw daylight as it were between the tower and the robot. Again this agrees with people who were on the field.
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