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Originally posted by Andy330
Even if they could not foresee the impending problems, they were called for entanglement more than once, so they could have then removed their device and avoid any further problems.
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Actually, it was our understanding that BeachBots was called for entangling a goal in our first round when a goal got stuck on their tether -- our "carpet" was never approached by robot or goal. We didn't remove our device because it hadn't yet caused a problem. We did receive a warning, but we addressed the specific issues the judge complained about.
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Originally posted by Andy330
Furthermore, after their offenses were called, they refused to give up, even when the matches were long over. A team member of 992 came up to one of the refs and started cussing and complaining about how horrible the call was. This is the exact opposite of gracious professionalism. May I inform you that neither of the refs were supposed to ref by themselves, much less the whole day. It was the other teams who didn't fufill their responsibility by submitting refs to help. May I also remind 992 that the refs at the regionals and nationals are sure to be much more strict, and the teams might be disqualified for the rest of the competition simply for voicing their disagreement.
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I was not aware that this occured, and I will bring this up at our next general meeting Tuesday. I have the upmost respect for the judges, who I am sure were doing the best job they could. There is no excuse for this behavior from our team, and this issue will be fixed.
I also wanted to address the issues of ungracious non-professionalism from our team here. I was not aware that after we initially approached the judge with the Team Update on the earlier issue, that several rather excitable members of our team (and one excitable parent) had also come up to him on several occasions about the same matter. I was also not aware that after the final ruling, these same team members approached him yet again. These people have since received a firm talking to, and rules have been set regarding who is and is not allowed to talk to officials, and under what circumstances. We should've had these rules in place going into the scrimmage, but as a rookie team, it didn't occur to us.
I also was not aware that anyone had been hostile towards other teams that were offering advice, and this issue will be addressed at our general meeting tomorrow. In fact, I will bring this entire thread to show them. I am as dissapointed in team members acting this way as you all are.
It is my fault for not making sure that everyone on the team understood the spirit of the competition -- many of them still see it like BattleBots -- and we will take whatever measures are necessary to make sure that those who are not willing to accept the philosophy of gracious professionalism are kept where they cannot cause any trouble. I appologise on our team's behalf, and assure you all that this inexcusable breach in professionalism has been fixed.