Just to recap what I said earlier - that the Red Alliance should own up to their claim that they could achieve a 60-point cycle in 8 seconds, since that is, to me - un-GP, in the sense that it is unrealistic and eventually led to the Blue Alliance losing instead of winning.
I also said I was waiting to hear from someone on the Red Alliance to make up my mind. Thankfully, a member of one of the Red Alliance teams (who chooses to remain annonymous at this time) did PM me with their view/explanation of the situation.
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The red alliance said there was a time period after a ball was scored where the pedestal was not lit for 8 seconds. They claimed they could have made up the difference in the final score given those 8 seconds.
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According to this team member, who says he/she was directly involved with the ruling, the Red Alliance was contesting the above claim, and saying that the delay was NOT 8 seconds, but around 25-30 seconds (I'm assuming, though I should ask to verify - that what happened if so, was that the Red Alliance claimed there was a delay, and the ref's said it was an 8 second delay... which gets us to Blue's POV (who assumed the 8 seconds claim came from Red. Add the havoc that was probably there.. and, well. You get it)).
It is further explained to me that the Red Alliance believed they could score 60 points in that time frame (full cycle/catchless cycle and additional truss shot/ ect.) of 25-30 seconds, which is actually something that makes much more sense to me.
It is ALSO said, and again - this is from this team member - that the ref's initally were AGAINST a rematch, based on the 8 second delay. Once the Red Alliance claimed that they have video evidence of the delay being 25-30 seconds, the ref's decided to involve FIRST HQ (DISCLAIMER: The video exists, it seems - they were not just claiming for fun. Also, it is also claimed that the video was never shown, only stated to exist).
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I now have both POVs, and honestly ... it's REALLY confusing.
What is obvious - is that this game continues to be a big problem rules-wise, which is a true shame, since at the high levels of the game - it has a lot of potential, as we have seen in various regionals/districts.
Lastly, if indeed the above is how things transpired: It's not like I accused them outright (I was waiting for a reply from them), but just to clear the air, I'd like to apologize to the students and mentors of the Red Alliance.