My turn: there are many problems with this situation.
Firstly, [G41] is broken:
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If a Robot from each Alliance is Balanced on the Coopertition Bridge when the final score for a Qualification Match is assessed per Rule [G37], each Alliance earns 2 Coopertition Points. If the Coopertition Bridge is not Balanced, but a Robot from each Alliance is fully supported by the Coopertition Bridge, each Alliance will earn 1 Coopertition Point.
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Bridges get balanced. Robots do not. Let's agree to interpret that phrase as "If a Robot from each Alliance is on a Balanced Coopertition Bridge...".
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The definition of "balanced" is hidden away in section 2.2.5 of "The Arena" (not even in a numbered rule). It states:
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A Bridge will count as Balanced if it is within 5° of horizontal and all Robots touching it are fully supported by it.
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The bridge is clearly not balanced (2952 is touching/supported by it, but is also supported by the floor). So right there, 2 CP is off the table.
Now what about 488? Isn't that their bumper resting on 2952? 2952 is not fully supported by the bridge, thus neither is 488. And
if even one iota of 3743's weight is supported by (the not-fully-supported) 488, then 3743 is not fully supported by the bridge either. So even 1 CP is not likely.
So why did the Twitter feed say 2 CP? (Shouldn't the FMS push a correction out if/when the match results are revised?)
And what about the standings pages? They're utterly wrong. For match 22, all teams should have received the same number of CP, because CP don't go away
ever. (Even if you're DQ'd you keep the CP which count towards the award.) Instead, 2 blue robots and 1 red robot got the points, and the rest got 0 CP.
As for the amount itself, earlier today, those that got points had 2 CP; it was revised to 1 CP. I think it should probably be 0 CP.
In summary:
- Obviously not balanced.
- Probably none; small chance of 3743; minuscule chance of 3743 and 488.
- Probably zero; minuscule chance of one.
And both of the score feeds are wrong for different reasons (and independently of which robots are balanced).
1 I won't even dwell on the libertarianesque capitalization scheme.