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Re: Real-Time Scoring Not Working?
The sensors for real time scoring are insanely sensitive. Field reset was instructed to be as gentle as possible when emptying the goals at kettering so that the calibration wouldn't be thrown off. A feat in itself if you have the chance to see the rain of frisbees on the volunteer emptying them. A few teams' shooters were so violent that just the force of the discs hitting the back of the goal, this is after hitting the chains, threw off the weight sensors. I'm really shocked that FIRST didn't put a speed limit on discs in the rules like 06. It would be a good idea for many teams to tune their shooters down for simply field safety, let alone real time scoring.
There are multiple people counting discs entering the goals both during auton and during the teleop at kettering. From what I could see someone checks the auton scoring during the slight lull between aton and teleop to double check their figures, same with after the match. While inaccurate real-time scoring is disappointing, the FTA's, field crew, refs and everyone down at the field are trying to cover every possible way to make sure that the final score entered in for ranking is the right score. They should deserve a medal, in my opinion, this game is insane for them. One-hundred some odd game pieces to track, while dodging frisbees, making calls through a net, with a rather limited supply of extra discs. It is a miracle that matches don't take 10-15 mins to reset, and score.
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