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Originally Posted by Don Knight
Wow, that is bad... I only had the opportunity to watch VCU on the webcast. Their system seemed to be working well. Matches and Standing were updating in real time to the FIRST website.
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The problem was that there were an odd number of teams at the event. This caused teams to play as surrogates in matches at the end of the competition. The system wasn't able handle this and ended up counting these matches in the rankings.
One of the reasons that it was caught at STL was that the #1 and #2 seeded teams were surrogates in the last match. #2 ended up beating #1 in that match and the rankings changed to reflect this. #1 brought this to the attention of the regional. I have to wonder if this happened at other regionals and went unnoticed.
At VCU, I believe there were 66 teams. This divides nicely by the number of teams per match (6), and is why they shouldn't have seen this issue.
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Complaining about not having a clock, when there is a clock mounted at the top center of each alliance area justed seemed petty.
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I disagree. If the drivers can't see the clock in the case of a loaded rack, it does them no good. From a spectator's point of view, the remaining time should be clearly displayed. The uneducated eye should be able to figure things out in a matter of seconds. It took me a few matches to even realize that the progress bar was there!