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Originally Posted by trilogism
i'm sorry for complaining, but the refs made this rule, and said that would be strictly enforcing all the rules of the game, but then it seemed like they didn't. In our final seeding match, we were hit, causing us to drop our tube. The opposing robot then backed off, and rammed us again, before we sould even lower our arm to the ground. We tried talking to the refs about it, but they said they didn't see it happen. If they saw it, we would have won because we lost by only a few points, and the opposing alliance would have received some kind of penalty.
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Even if it was a rule, sometimes the refs miss a call. Having reffed at an off-season event, I can tell you (even with each ref assigned to small portions of the field), you can't always see everything, particularly when there are 3 or 4 robots in that area. I can only imagined how much worse it is with a giant rack on the field as opposed to the open 2006 field I reffed on. Refs are not omniscient, and shouldn't be expected to see everything. They can make mistakes too, just like refs in any other "sport".