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Re: Caution Flags in Overdrive

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Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman View Post
(or field control would pause the match - not sure if this could be done in the middle of teleop)
This was doable with last year's field control software... it was employed a few times when spider feet were knocked off the rack mid-match.
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You'd be sacrificing a bit of delay in exchange for a more exciting match conclusion, just like NASCAR.
Agreed. This sounds like a proposal that will both benefit game play and prevent damage to robots. I'm not sure how to petition FIRST with this idea at this point in the game, but I'd be pleased to see it happen.
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