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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Yes, there is a wide definition to be had by using the term significant. However, there is a need to keep the competition flowing. If team chooses to take an additional 30 seconds to line up the robot on the field or to wait for things to boot up, in a nine match weekend, 4.5 minutes would be lost just in qualifying. If everyone did that, over more than one hundred matches we would still be playing finals on Sunday.
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Exactly—is that a significant delay or an insignificant one? Is it only significant if other teams also delay by a similar amount and the competition gets behind schedule? Or if someone takes the time to track the culprits closely?