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Originally Posted by jgannon
Officially, yes, but sometimes some headstrong field personnel feel like they can usher you away from the box because you're slowing things down. This happened to us once this season, and this same volunteer told me later that we were lucky she didn't tell the judges about the incident, because she felt that our resistance to her demands should exclude us from eligibility for awards. It doesn't surprise me to hear that others are being turned away from the challenge box by people other than the head ref.
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In the event that this happens, it's almost worth it to try and talk to the volunteer coordinator and report these remarks. A crew volunteer should have no control over the awards selection, that's for the judges to decide only. Stories like this make me angry as most volunteers are amazingly cool people who are there to make your regional run smoothly. I guess there's room for bad apples even in FIRST.
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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli
1. While the NASCAR theme is cool, forget about this "look at the robots right at zero nonsense." Just assess the points when everything comes to rest: robots and balls. Why? It makes it easier for the refs and the spectators.
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I can't tell you how much I agree with this point. After attending BMR, I saw so many matches where balls were knocked off the overpass, but remained as counted on the overpass because they didn't hit the ground in time. This is lame. It confuses the crowd and even threw me for a loop at first. Little things like this make a big difference for the "wow factor" of an event. Many ends of matches that could've been exciting were quickly extinguished because of this flaw.