[Racer26]

Just wanted to make a comment about the TOWERs.

I have noticed 3 separate TOWER malfunctions since Week 3, when FIRST decided that the TOWERS and FMS would be the final say.

Week 4: Waterloo Regional

Semi-final Match 1-2: 2056's robot crashes into the TOWER base, and sends their minibot up, which strikes the top and comes flying off. TOWER TRIGGERED, but lights failed to go on. FMS received the TRIGGER. (This one, I believe to simply be a matter of the TOWER losing electrical connection with the lights due to impact. This TOWER remained broken for Finals 1 and 2.

Week 5: Greater Toronto EAST Regional

Q58: At T-15 seconds, the roadrunner sound plays and the TOWERs begin the endgame sequence (BASE flashing Yellow, Top indicators flashing all 4 lights). At T-10 seconds, when the TOWERs normally switch the BASEs to Alliance colors, and the Top indicators start the chase sequence, the TOWER BASEs switched, but the Top indicators remained flashing all 4 lights. At approximately T-6 seconds, 1075's minibot hit the top of the TOWER, same as it had been all weekend, TOWER did not TRIGGER. At T-0 seconds, the TOWER Top indicators begun the chase sequence. Referees made the call to award the points to 1075's mini.

Week 6: Michigan State Championship

Quarter-final 2-1: 27/245 (red) and 1718 (blue) DEPLOY MINIBOTs. 245 DEPLOYED early, so their TOWER was DISABLED. 27 and 1718's MINIBOTs reached the top close enough together that its difficult to tell who won. 27's MINIBOT did NOT TRIGGER the TOWER. 1718's did. Race was SCORED as 27, 1718, 245(disabled).

Any other interesting TOWER malfunctions?