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Originally Posted by Brian C
We noticed that team 303 was DQ'd in a match for running into the other alliances wall during hybrid mode which caused one of the opposing alliances control system to fall off the shelf.
Was this the first time this happened for this team or were there earlier warnings for the same thing?
It seems a bit harsh if it was the first time. Plus, why didn't the other team have their control system secured?
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The team whose control system fell was us (#449). We later found out that, during hybrid mode, you can cross the line to retrieve your OI if it's falling, but we didn't know that then. Fortunately, all the happened was that one of our joysticks broke. We couldn't play in that match, but we had a spare and fixed it for the next match.
As for why our OI wasn't secured, I'm not so sure. I know that Velco is available, but we had treads (or something with high-friction) on the bottom of our OI and thought that that would be enough. I think we now have Velcro, though.