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Dropping the scores from the big screen at the end of the match, especially before the last 10 seconds seems like it would hurt the decision making on the field much more than it would enhance the suspense for the audience.

1st, the live audience has a much larger opportunity to view the entire field and keep track of the score in their head than does a drive coach. It seems dumb for the stands to know more about the score than the teams on the field.

2nd, when the score goes away the audience generally notices immediately and knows the most recent score. The drive team may not notice right away, but in the moment one of them decides to check it can be a huge surprise to not see it there.

3rd, Last years endgame everyone sent their minibot up the pole as fast as possible regardless of the score. There wasn't a decision to make. This year triple balancing is a risk, and if a double balance is enough to preserve the win teams should be allowed to make that decision with the best information available.

4th, is the web audience supposed to get into the competition or just be impressed with robots moving around. If the former, they need the score as much as anyone. Last year I loved the MSC televised broadcast. I wonder if that tv production crew would agree with this score pulling shenanigans for audience suspense.

Probably saying all the same things everyone else is here, just wanted to add my Amen to the choir.

PS. I can live with it in the last 5 seconds. Usually all the major decisions for the drive team have been made by then. Of course in many high end elimination matches everyone is already on a bridge by then and pulling the scores serves no purpose.