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Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

So here's a situation that occurred last year:

2015 Tech Valley Regional, 20-5254-3624 had an incredible match in a make-it-or-break-it 2nd quarterfinal match, placing 4 stacks total for the first time. When the scores came up, it had our alliance with something like 119 points, and as we analyzed the score, we realized they had only credited us for 3 stacks!

We sent some students to the question box, and the referees came together and discussed that they did remember us having 4 stacks up.

From my understanding of the situation (I was not in the question box nor in the referee's discussion), they then looked at video provided by two different teams that showed 4 stacks built 5-6 high and ended up reversing the call of that match, which ended up allowing us to move on to the semifinals.

Tech Valley is a generally relaxed event, with some great referees and teams who are always gracious, and I don't think anyone involved thought what the referees did was unfair. Am I wrong?

No comment on anything else, but I will say that the game manual (both last year and this year) contained the following statement:

No event personnel, including the Head REFEREE, will review video, photos, artistic renderings, etc. of any MATCH, from any source, under any circumstances.