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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
one thing: you CANNOT call a timeout DURING a match - only between matches to give you a chance to fix your bot.
Historical note: I dont remember the year or the teams - but at one championship a team could not fix their bot within their timeout, so the opponent team called their own timeout - to give them extra time to fix it (and they did get it running)
the opponent wanted to win, but not by default
Gracious Professional Sportsmanship?
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I know it isn't the match you're referring to, but a similar situation happened in the finals of the 2002 IRI. Our partners, team 469, had damaged their goal grabbers in the second match against 111 and 71, and so, we called our timeout to give Las Guerillas a chance to fix their robot for the final match. When our timeout expired, Wildstang called theirs to allow 469 to finish their repairs, so we could have a final match with all 4 teams in proper working order. We ended up winning that match, and the competition, but it might not have happened if not for the gracious professionalism exhibited by our opponents. I know we would have gladly done the same for them, and I hope anyone in that situation would.