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Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux
Just make it so the head referee has the right to take away the alliance's challenge for erroneous & repeated protests. The question box exists today and while a few teams may abuse it from time to time, I don't see all teams doing it.
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I'm not sure having every successful challenge result in a rematch is right either. If the match was a 30-100 blowout, and the challenge would net a maximum of 10 points to the 30pt team, there's no reason to replay... sort of.
Put in more "rule" type language:
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After a successful challenge, the Head Referee shall take into account the match in its entirely. If, after considering the effect of a correct call on the match, the Head Referee shall determine if the correction, and likely actions of the Teams resulting thereof, could have reasonably changed the outcome of the match, the match shall be replayed. If the match is not to be replayed, the Head Referee shall adjust the score appropriately.
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The wording isn't perfect, but I think you get the idea. I don't think it's enough that a score change alone would alter the winner/loser of the match, but I think the play of the match needs to be considered to trigger a reply. Eg. that 30-100 blowout, if a Robot had to attempt a 3rd crossing because the 2nd was missed by a ref and the Robot turtled as a result, there's a reasonable cause to replay the match. If it didn't turtle, but just took some time away from scoring a high-shot, no I wouldn't replay it.