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Re: pic: High Score in FRC Ultimate Ascent

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Originally Posted by KrazyCarl92 View Post
I volunteered as a scorer at an off season event this year. At least for last year, the FMS system could not begin connecting to the next matches robots until after the score from the previous match was posted. This means that in matches where you wait for the discs to be meticulously counted, waiting for that count becomes the rate determining step in match cycle times. I believe this may be why FIRST elected to post scores ASAP for matches that aren't close; it will speed up the match cycles because they can connect to the next match's robots sooner.
You are correct, the system still works that way this year.
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