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Re: This year we need instant replay

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Originally Posted by Bill Moore
Instant Replay??? AAAAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHH!!!
When are people going to understand that the competitions are not the "end" that FIRST is trying to achieve? If they were, FIRST would be a "for profit" corporation and run them like a business, just like any other sports league.
That's true, but it doesn't feel good to be cheated out of anything, no matter how small.

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Originally Posted by Steve W
1 - It costs MONEY to put up a camera(s)
Everything costs money.
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2 - More than a camera is involved, remote pan equipment, monitor, computer,etc
As people have said before, just hanging a camera above the feild so you could see generally what's going on would be good.
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6 - FIRST is not about winning a match
But as I said above, it's not fun to be cheated out of anything.
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8 - Even you have said that replay would not catch everything
You don't have to catch everything; just the general movement of the robots.
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9 - Nothing is fair
That's no reason not to try to make it fair.
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