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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli
...A rule like this should make it so the refs can determine if it was inconsequential to the score or not.
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I'm with you on this, Paul.
However, if we want the refs to determine which robot actions are consequential, we have to let them follow the big picture. As it stands now, they are too busy staring at trees (possessions, trusses, catches, goals) and then waiting for their scoring tablet lags to clear. So they miss the forest. That would not matter in the particular case being discussed here since the rule is very clear -- even if many of us agree it is "out of whack".
Being a ref is hard, any year. This year it is harder because they are also part of the real time scoring system. That is the GDC's mistake.
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