[EricH]

Originally Posted by AmoryG

Not at all, the winners were decided by a coin flip, and if it any of the other alliances were lucky enough, they would have won too under the circumstances.

There has been only one win that was actually decided by a coin flip. It was not in 2012. And it is the reason for the elimination-match tiebreakers that have shown up in 2011 and 2012, I think.

As I said before, the winners here were the teams that best dealt with the challenge that was nowhere in the rules but enforced by the conditions: maintaining communication with the field. It's a lot tougher than any other part of the competition if stuff isn't working, and should be easier than any other part if stuff is working.