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Re: Einstein?

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Originally Posted by Miss View Post
Im not sure if you're talking about the 330/910/1270 DQ, but what happened to was 1270 was disabled on either "intentionally flipping" or "contact outside the bumper zone". We're still not sure what exactly was the call, but the alliance was DQed in SF 2-1.

Does anyone have this match on footage? The blue alliance has it, but it doesn't show our interaction with 71. I couldn't see exactly what happened;
I watched the match from the stands and thought I saw both robots with ringers trying to score the same spider on the scorer's side of the field. The next thing I saw was 71 flipping backwards and the 1270 robot backing away with the ringer still in its gripper. The head ref immediately ran over to the red alliance station and disabled 1270.

When I got home, I watched the match again (I had recorded NASA TV's broadcast), but during the critical moment, the TV coverage was showing 330 and 179 battling on the crowd side of the rack. The next view had 71 already on the ground and the ref heading towards the red alliance station. Given the head ref's decisive action, he must have felt that 1270 had intentionally tipped 71.

After the very rough play I had just witnessed on Curie, I was somewhat surprised to see the red card flashed on 1270. The message here is that different referees will have different levels of tolerance for aggressive play. After 13-14 matches with a referee crew that "just let's them play", a less tolerant referee can catch you off guard.

It's a hard thing to swallow, but the ref's have a very difficult job and are doing their best to enforce the rules.
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