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Re: NASA/VCU field problems
As a volunteer this year, and a student for the past four, i know that the scoring gets annoying when it doesn't work. I do have to say though, that this year, it has greatly improved. A few things that you need to remember are this: the scoring during autonomous stops after the green light goes out, now that computer does give a few seconds to let any balls in motion try to finish its motion and then figure out who scored the most. Granted it sucks that if your team scored and it wasn't able to count it, it sucks. this same leeway happens in between the two Off/Deff rounds. As for the ten point bonus, i means if it didn't get added, there is a reason, either being no one scored the most or no one scored at all. Working as a manual counter, I haven't really seen the scores skewed too much, except maybe for one or two matches. Everyone just needs to give them a break, there is only soo much FIRST can do to test the field and such before it gets used in its true environment. They can only simulate what they know would go wrong, or what they think would go wrong, using these fields is pretty much expanding their knowledge of what else would be capable of going wrong. We are all in this together and we are all learning together.
As far as red winning more matches, i dint think that one side is necessarily better than the other, Ive seen alot of teams win on blue.
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Mike O'Brien
Founder, Almuni, & Mentor Team 1086
2010 GAL Division Finalist & Coopertition Award; NC Regional Winner & Quality Award; VA Regional Winner & Engineering Inspiration Award Winner
2009 CMP Team Spirit Award; VA Regional Winner & Chairman's Award
2008 VA Regional Winner & Chairman's Award
2007 & 2006 VA Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology" Award
2005 VA Team Spirit Award; 2004 VA Imagery Award; 2003 Rookie Year
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