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Re: Week 3 Impressions of Rack n' Roll

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Originally Posted by PhilBot View Post
In Annapolis they were saying that you had to be inspected by the end of Thursday if you wanted to compete.

However, when we started queing for our first seed match on Friday (match 9) one of our alliance parners still didn't have their inspection sticker so they didn't turn up.

What's the point of having an inspection deadline if un-inspected teams will still be included in the next morning's match rotations anyway.

It seems to me that if a team misses their inspection deadline on Thursday, they should NOT be included in the match rotations the next morning.
This rule would have created a stir at the LA Regional - about half of the teams had not completed inspection when the pits closed at 8pm on Thursday! Robot inspectors really scrambled to get teams in the first three matches inspected before opening ceremonies.

Of course, if teams knew that they wouldn't be allowed to compete if not inspected by end-of-day Thursday, they'd find a way to be ready for inspection earlier..
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