[EricH]

Originally Posted by alex334

I would personally be fine with the webcast video being used for evidence. It's pretty clear to see that there wasn't a penalty even in the video that I linked. I'd be fine with just using that.

I'm just going to point out that in many cases, the webcast video (assuming that you've tapped into the box, which would solve bias claims and "takes too much time to grab" complaints) will be pointing not at the area of interest but to some other area of the field, unless webcasts have gotten a LOT better lately. Used to be, half the stream was looking at some poor robot that was stationary through no fault of its own (or not), which unless it happens to be the one where the call was made will be useless. With full-field cameras and the devices available to do playback at the event, I would be skeptical of the quality being sufficient to make a call except in the most blatant cases. (Look at the WPI thread, where the webcast viewers were wondering how two 10-point hangs weren't counted until someone pointed out that one robot was on the ground and the other was on a disc.)