[AmyPrib]

Guess I'm still not sure how they will accurately count balls in flight. Seems like it would be easier to just say, any balls not in the goal before the buzzer won't count. As a ref, I wouldn't really want to keep track of that, or be in a situation where I missed one, or added one incorrectly. Maybe they expect to have dedicated volunteers to only watch for that. Wish they would clearly state how. I can see a lot of debate happening on this type of instance, esp if it affects automode results (a last sec ball in flight, not detected by the goal yet, not sure how fast human interaction can happen there).

I guess that 5sec counting delay is only after automode, if it detects balls in the goal. Seems like it should do the same for other periods... same concept... we'll see.

http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=609

Question:
As a followup, can you please clarify how balls in flight will still be counted after period 2 especially, if there is no delay in turning off the counter? Will the scoring counter still be active for a short time after the period ends to allow those balls in flight to be counted once they reach the goal? Otherwise, I am not clear on how balls in flight will be counted.

An answer to a previous question like this (specifically for automode) said if balls were in the center goal, but not yet funneled in the chute, it would trigger a 5sec delay to count them. However, that does not address balls in flight, as they would not yet be in the center goal.

Answer:
There is no five second delay after the second or third period. If ambiguity in the automated scoring is created by rapidly scoring robots, human intervention will be used to ensure that all balls in flight at the end of the period (and only those balls) are counted.