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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
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Originally Posted by GDC, 3-20-2006, 05:00 PM
During all phases of the elimination rounds, there will be at least four minutes between matches (see Rule <T02>). During this period, teams may repair their robot in the queuing area. At the team's option they may return to their pits for repairs, as long as they can do so within the allotted time. If additional time is needed the Alliance Captain may request the use of a time-out if they have one available (see Rule <T04>).
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Interestingly, this question was not asked until Friday of Week 3, and was not answered until the following Monday. So many teams would not have been aware of the option until Week 4 or 5 -- or not at all. Many event staff and volunteers would not have been aware of the option either.
At both of the events where I volunteered (STL and Waterloo) teams were told their robots could not leave the field area during eliminations. Now I see this was incorrect.
Probably not an issue for the Championship, since there is clearly not enough time to return to the pits during divisional or Einstein eliminations.
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