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Originally Posted by themccannman
I'm not sure what there is to say about the rule, they clearly state a 60 second setup limit, the strictness of enforcement is up to the head ref.
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The 60 second number is a blue box guideline, not any actual definition. As a guideline, refs would be free to be lenient during Quals and suddenly decide there's a time crunch and start being more strict during Elims. Dr. Joe is quite right that this rule is extremely vague and subjective as currently implemented and enforced. Even if we stipulate that 60 seconds is the actual limit, there's open questions:
- When does the time start?
- When does the time end?
- How does it affect G10 if you declare order of robot placement matters and teams have to alternate robot placement?
- How does it affect G10 if there are delays due to previous teams or field reset?
If refs are going to start disabling teams for G10 with little or no warning, then there needs to be a MUCH better definition of what constitutes delaying a match. As it is, it appears refs could punitively disable your robot if you decide robot placement order matters for ALL of your matches and all your matches end up positioning robots Red-Blue-Red-Blue-Red-Blue and taking 4-5 minutes to start because of it.