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Originally Posted by MrJohnston
The bigger picture:
* FIRST is not all about the robot or all about winning championships. It is about Gracious Professionalism and Inspiration. A part of Gracious Professionalism to me is not jumping to conclusions and making accusations without having all the information.
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This is used far too often as an excuse as why bad calls don't matter. People:
THIS IS A COMPETITION! THE TEAMS ARE HERE TO WIN, AND THEY WANT TO WIN!
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Originally Posted by MrJohnston
* We do have rules to follow for these games. If one team wins a championship by being permitted to skirt a handful of rules, does that not cheapen the event for the teams they beat?
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The teams are held accountable to the rules, shouldn't the refs and FIRST also be held accountable?
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Originally Posted by MrJohnston
* For all we know, 987 had already taken too long to set up for that match and "one more delay" was just too much.
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They delayed the start of the match for over five minutes in order to rule the two bots in violation, why not give them a brief time period (as the rules allow) to rectify the situation?
You also gave a lot of what ifs, maybe they were warned before, maybe.. maybe... etc. but the rules don't say anything about a quick fix being allowed if they haven't been given a past warning, they say
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VIOLATION: If fix is a quick remedy, the MATCH won’t start until all requirements are met
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This is not what happened. I would like to see FIRST either give a thoughtful, reasoned explanation, or give a public apology and some form of compensation for the three teams involved.
Note that I do not know anybody on any of the teams involved, I only know what I witnessed. If there is an explanation that fully accounts for what happened, and agrees with the rules that were published before the start of the competition, I will apologize and retract my statements.