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Unread 12-04-2011, 11:17
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Re: 2011 Virginia Regional @VCU

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Originally Posted by thefro526 View Post
Perhaps I'm stretching this a bit, but couldn't The Head Ref chose to overrule Team Update #18 under Tournament Rule <T04>?

Again, I may be stretching <T04> a bit, so please correct me if I am wrong.

I believe the Disappointment Coming From the 11 Crowd Stems from the fact that they triggered the tower successfully numerous other times, but somehow in the final match the tower did not Trigger. Based on 11's previous Deployments and Ascents, assuming that nothing on their minibot was changed, the Tower "Should Have" Triggered since they've done it so many times before - leading them to believe that there was some sort of issue with the tower or field system.

Their Disappointment is completely understandable, though bashing refs isn't the best way to work things out.
The earlier response from 11 was a poor choice of wording. The refs followed the rules to the letter, and did nothing wrong. I personally didn't interact with the field staff at all, but heard great things about them. Our disappointment lies in the fact that we were having minibot issues earlier, and once we finally get everything working the field didn't register the hit. It's tough to see the students do everything in their power, and do everything right, only to lose due to something out of their control.

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Originally Posted by nukemknight View Post
This is more than likely the same problem as other regionals where the tiny minibot contacts the bolt, but not the lexan, and therefore doesn't trigger the tower.
I've been told it's physically impossible for our minibot to contact the bolt, so at the moment I've got no idea why the minibot didn't register. That was the first time in two regionals the tower didn't trigger for us (15+ successful triggers).

Overall, it was a fun regional, we got to play with some old friends, see new friends again, and meet even more new friends. We are all chomping at the bit for another chance to compete, and can't wait to see you all again in St. Louis.

Congrats to 25, 1676, 1522 on the regional win. We had some great matches together, and regardless of the outcome, they were some of the most intense matches I've been a part of in a long time. I'd love to see some footage of our semi-final matches if anyone has it.

Also a big congrats to 2363 on the Woodie Flowers Finalist. You guys are an awesome team and it was great to see you guys again. Its a shame we didn't get to work together, but hopefully we'll get another chance in St. Louis.

There really were tons of great teams at the regional, I saw so many teams helping out others who were having problems I literally couldn't name them all if I tried. So thanks to all of you unsung heroes, making sure there were as many robots on the field as possible.