[Kevin Sevcik]

Ranking errors are definitely unacceptable. I was under the impression that the current issues were only with the web results and occasional oddness during matches the we experienced at GLR. I can deal with bad web results and MCs having to tell teams to ignore the extraneous buzzers and gongs. If it appears that the actual rankings are off, then the issue is either isolated to some incorrect entries by scorekeepers or it's a much deeper issue with the software possibly improperly updating records or some such. I've made scoring errors in the rush of a regional, but I've always had the matches on paper and a heck of a Head Ref at Lone Star that'd figure the scores himself and let me know if there was a discrepency. If there's no paper backup this year or the game is too complicated for refs to score themselves, then this could be a factor.

Also, to repeat what I've said in a few other threads..

From what I've seen of all the scoring displays, etc., it looks like FIRST has gone with a completely new scoring system this year and they're still working all the bugs out. Last year's system was mostly brand new as well. (I think the software was based on some team's prior efforts) Last year there were lots of glitches and oddness in the first couple of weeks, and even all the way till Lone Star when I was running it. By Atlanta, last year's scoring system was working very well, so one can hope that they'll get all the bugs out of this year's new system by then as well.