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Originally Posted by Caleb Sykes
[/list]Drawbacks include: - May require more referees. Most events presently have 5 or 6 referees, while this arrangement would require 6 or 7 referees.
- Referees would need to move around more, which is often difficult because the area near the field is quite cramped at some venues.
- Viewing angles may be sub-optimal. With one ref on each side of each zone, at least one ref will always have a good viewing perspective on anything that happens.
- Inputting fouls and crossings could potentially be difficult if 2+ referees need access to the same input panel. However, 2 referees watching 2 robots and inputting into 1 panel could still be superior to the current system, where 1 referee watches 2 robots and inputs into 1 panel.
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Originally Posted by Donut
These two pretty much make a change like that a non-starter. I would run into my fellow refs if I had to follow a team around the field, looking at a zone allows you to focus on one area and certain penalties for that area.
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Constantly running up and down one side of the field would be difficult enough but if the robot cycling by going from one corner to the opposite corner, it would be almost impossible for the Referee to keep up with it and their view of the robot would be worse than it is now. If the Refs have to go behind the Driver Stations to get to the other side of the field, they will lose sight of the field and could get tripped up by all the activity happening behind the Driver Station (this would have been really bad in 2014 and 2015). It would also take a Referee who was very physically fit to keep running back and forth all day long. This would greatly reduce the pool of potential volunteers.
For this to work, the Referees would have to be stationed on tall chairs (like those at tennis tournaments) so that they have an adequate view of the field without running around.