[ratdude747]

Originally Posted by MooreteP

Table 2-2: Player Station Light String States and Meanings is gone, and now Table 2-3 Tower Strength Light States and Meanings is the indicator that the field is safe to enter, and the match is in its final 20 seconds.

I had this in the back of my mind when I wrote the Game Manual test.
I was thinking, "The Game Reveal Video" didn't show the Light String at the bottom of the Player Stations, they'll be there, right?

Time for Rev. 2, a small change. more significant for the Drive Teams and less clutter on the Player Stations.

This may be a problem when a tower is weakened to zero, it may confuse an alliance as to the state of the tower.
Will the whole string blink in the final 20 seconds?
Will the only the top 1/3 blink if the tower has been captured?

IMHO, FMS nightmare.

I hope this adjustment works better than the updated website.
(Sorry, had to get in a dig)

They've known about this since at least this Tuesday, as Danny Diaz (the FIRST engineer doing scorekeeper training this year) mentioned during a training webinar Tuesday Night about this happening. IIRC he mentioned, at the time, that the exact fix hadn't been determined. Thus, my guess was they found out on Monday and by the time the Tuesday update was ready hadn't decided on a fix. That said, FMS is still in the works so much that the manual given to us Scorekeepers (and FTAs/FTAAs) isn't complete yet either, so they still have time to fix it. Compared to other last minute changes they've done before, this is pretty minor, at least in terms of FMS.