[techhelpbb]

Personally I am pro-replay/tie-breaker but there's a caveat. I am pro-replay because if the issue is possibly the result of unusual man made intentional interference it thwarts awarding the match to the person causing the interference.

On the other hand replaying a match as other's have noted carries with it the same risk of human error and the circumstances for each robot may differ. There is no reason to suspect that all the robots for any given match will be operational at the same levels from match to match. This can result in a match with a different mix of robots or different factors that directly impact the score.

Again, to me, winning the matches has an element of randomness to it and obviously strategy can impact the score as well as the robot designs and build qualities. I think making it to the competition at all with something resembling a finished robot is a major achievement for anyone that does it.