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Originally Posted by rich2202
It is a rule because of FMS. FMS automatically assigns the teams to positions, and configures the system to expect the right team in the right position.
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I think the rule and the FMS assignment probably came at the same time when they tried figuring out how to assign teams to the driver stations.
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Originally Posted by rich2202
For practice matches, it is possible to override team placement (filler line). For qualifications and eliminations, I don't think FMS would know what to do if the team number changed. From your perspective, it is just two teams swapping position. From FMS's perspective, it is two (or all) positions with a different team number.
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I think it is still possible. My question would be how to backup teams get assigned then?
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Originally Posted by rich2202
It is not just a communication issue. FMS is also keeping score, so it needs to know how many points to give to which team. In Qualification matches, this is a much bigger issue since scores are tracked by Team. For eliminations, it is less of an issue, since the entire alliance gets the same score.
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This wouldn't matter in qualifications or eliminations as long as the 3 teams playing on that side are in the system they all get the same score for each match. It shouldn't have any problem at all. The only time it would be a problem would be if the team was awarded point for a match they weren't playing in.