First, I want to say thanks to everyone in this thread for keeping it classy - putting both the "gracious" and "professional" in Gracious Professionalism. I was the scorekeeper for the event, and it felt completely awful to have to push the button and show a score with a different outcome because of additional fouls - twice. Having been a student on a team, I know something of what that feels like on the field. But the attitudes I've observed by teams on both sides of the finals have been exemplary, and this is what sets FIRST apart from other sports.
Second, congratulations to 16, 3937, and 4500 for the win. Seeing you playing at your peak was amazing. Equal congratulations to 4522, 2992 and 4090. You guys put on an incredible set of matches up to and during the finals, and proved that even the best teams are not invincible. I loved watching you play.
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Originally Posted by JTN
To clarify and see the penalties myself, I watched the final match 2 video over again to find them. Apparently team 4522's catapult that sticks out of the back of their robot was protruding the plane of the red one point goal every time they backed into it, which was the reason for the 3 smaller fouls (I can provide the video if needed).
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Correct. As said before, the technical foul was a G40.
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Originally Posted by JTN
The touch screen GUI in particular needs to be improved to prevent any further match outcomes from varying with the score shown at the end of the match.
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Yes, the touchscreens and the GUI code running on them stand to be improved. They aren't very responsive (at least compared to what we've come to expect from cell phones and tablets) and have a lot of lag (which may be a software system issue). This year's system required switching back and forth between the scoring and foul screens, which was time consuming.
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Originally Posted by Jefferson
The penalty in match 3 was on 4090 for pushing the red ball into the blue low goal with ~5 sec left. Watch the red alliance driver station flip out when it happens.
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Correct. However, since this occurred with very little time left, there was no way for this to be added to the real-time score.
Finally, thanks to folks from 16, 3937, Harding University, Baxter, and the others who worked so hard to put on this event. It was a superb way to spend my spring break!
