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Originally Posted by IndySam
I take great exception to this statement. I don’t recall any controversial rulings on Archimedes.
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I was not on the other fields to see the lack of rule enforcement others have talked about, but I was on Archimedes, and it was just as stunning.
In the semi finals one robot used it's arm to hit/push another robot up high, on it's side, above/out of the bumper zone and tip them over. The robot that tipped the other was not holding a tube, was not attempting to get one, and was not interacting with the rack - there was only one possible reason for the manuever they used and only one possible result, which happened. It was such an obvious DQ, that most around the field watched the rest of the match not really into the last 1:30 because they knew the match was going to have a DQ for the tip. To the shock of most everyone, no DQ was called and it determined who went to the finals.
The DQ called on Einstein for tipping was nowhere near as obvious or intentional as the non call on Archimedes. It's one thing not to call an obvious DQ, but an entirely different thing to then call a DQ for something not nearly as flagrant.
One thing to point out - a "no call" on an obvious rule violation and DQ has just as much impact on the outcome of a match as calling a penalty or a DQ - just that the alliance who didn't violate any rules is the one punished instead of a the other way around.
And as the previous post mentioned, if an alliance had a robot whose ramps had a problem and weren't working correctly and wanted to bring in the next highest seeded robot, as the rules state, and a referee doesn't allow it - then that is another instance where the refs were not following the rule book and were determining the outcome of the event. Very unfortunate. Also unfortunate for the next highest ranked team in Archimedes who should have been allowed to experience and play in the playoffs, but did not get to because a referee didn't follow the rules and ovestepped their role/responsibility.
So yes, the outcomes of matches on the Archimedes field were changed and impacted by refs not enforcing the rules just like appears to have happened on other fields. Very unfortunate for all the teams and the event in general.