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Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges
Not to be sarcastic but what was you favorite part? ...
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Wayne, hard not to be sarcastic there and you come across as a little peeved to boot.
But I kinda have to agree with Wayne here. The first two Perry-Meridian District final matches were much more exciting. After the damage happened to the pneumatics of 1024, which is a mostly pneumatic robot, this match became painful to watch for their alliance. Watch the video and look for the 1024 arm manipulator to slowly drop as pressure is released while they go over the defense following the mid-field contact with 1501 that drew a red flag for contact inside the frame.
I have watched the match several times and both alliances had a very good strategy. I think if 1024 wasn't crippled halfway through the match and were able to keep scoring this would have been a very close match with the difference being 71/1501 climbing like in the second final match.
This final red card match was a disappointing way for all involved to end an awesome and high scoring tournament as the side that ended up winning definitely didn't feel like they earned it cleanly and the other side feeling like they were robbed of a clear victory. I think everyone on both sides would have been happier with a replay if that was possible. One of the few cases where in my opinion a replay of the match would have been a better solution as it was not intentional damage, but there is no allowance for that.