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Re: Why does everyone hate this game so much?

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Originally Posted by magnets View Post
There is no consistency between events and matches. On webcasts, I keep hearing the words "technical foul assessed for entering the frame perimeter of a robot". What rule is that? Honestly, when a technical foul is called, a rule should really be cited.
FYI: other head refs may have different systems for this, but the way I normally communicate fouls to the game announcer is to quickly hand them a piece of paper with the rule number, penalty (foul, deactivation, etc.) and the team and alliance who did it. He checks those numbers against a "cheat sheet" with a one-line description of each rule. I've heard plenty of cases where a foul was correctly called during the game, but the game announcer misses some nuance of a rule when announcing it to the crowd. When I hear this, I try to let the game announcer know for next time.

It would be nice if I could spend time discussing each foul in detail with the announcer, but the flow of the tournament usually doesn't allow for this.
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