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Re: Referee not knowing the rules

It looks like the video has been posted:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...1&postcount=37

To address the first point from the OP, getting a technical for touching a robot in the safe zone... At about 10:25, you can see 2169 push 4656 from one corner of the safe zone to the other as they try to get into position, and a flag being waved by the ref standing right there. If I had to guess, I would say this contact could be considered consequential. At 11:53, you can see 2169 attempting to push their way into the safe zone after having left it, but not quite making it in... the ref nearby was closely watching, and did not wave his flag. Please note we don't see that area the whole match, so I'm just going based on what we do actually see in the video.

For the second point, a robot over 60" tall outside of the autonomous zone, we go to the second match between these alliances (starting at 17:35). Unfortunately, the camera seemed to focus mostly on 2169, and didn't show much of what is being questioned. There were several shots of the red blocker robot with the blocker down (thus the robot was under 60") driving around midfield. There was one shot with the blocker up and the robot around midcourt, but it was very brief, not showing how the robot got into that position, and it did show the robot heading back towards its auto zone (I would say worthy of a foul from what we can see). Near the end, there was a great shot of the blocker being deployed with the robot racing towards midfield and lowering the blocker as it reached the auto line. There simply isn't enough evidence on the video to show that there were "continuous or repeated violations" to earn a technical.

Hope this helps!
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