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Re: Out with the match list printouts, in with...

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Originally Posted by Billfred
I would like to throw in one concept, though. Since you've already got the teams and alliances in the database, how hard would it be to add in the results of those matches?
I've thought about this a lot myself, and personally I would love to have something like this - it would eliminate the need to have someone go look at the rankings and then wait 5 minutes for our team ranking to crawl onto the screen...

The reason I haven't put it in though is that it would mean a lot more work and pressure for the people who are constantly updating the database - it's easy enough to hit a button when a match begins or when you hear a "last call" over the intercom, but if you make a mistake entering the results of a match, it can throw off the rankings for the rest of the event. And then there's that complicated tie-breaker system... Maybe someday FIRST will provide something like this which will just tap into their rankings database...
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