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Originally Posted by Collmandoman
I've seen footage of matches... I've taken footage of matches.. with a pretty crummy camera... you can see practially everything going on -- before you are so quick to say you can't -- SHOW me proof that you can't -- of course you can't see the victors on the robot flashing-- but we dont need to see that-- I'm talking about OVERALL gameplay being able to be seen - if that's not conclusive- then it MAKES sense the refs missed it
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Ok, you want proof.
Here's a match I happened to have saved to my computer. You'll notice it has
only one camera, operated by a human.
You'll also notice that (aside from the horrible quality, which wouldn't be an issue at the even), the cameraman NEVER gives a full field perspective shot.
He's ALWAYS focused on one half of the field, or one goal, or one robot.
Please explain to me how on earth referees are supposed to review a foul on Team B, when the only thing the video shows is Team A, clear across the field?
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Originally Posted by ChrisH
4) After final approval, the organizer would have to recruit and train required camera operators. Progress reports at our monthly meetings would be essential. All our other departments do this why not you?
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This is key, and the reason it would never work in FIRST. Whatever AV company FIRST hires will not have trained cameramen.
They will not be able to be trained in less than one day, during Thursday practice matches, either. This means you'd need to have a stationary camera above the field, looking down, in addition, which we've already clearly established is not adequate.