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Re: Call Inconsistencies Between Regionals

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Originally Posted by Ken Streeter View Post
Hmm. In cases of unrestrained motion, the trackball positions are scored based upon where they do finally come to rest, not where they are when the clock reaches zero. If BMR was scoring all trackballs based upon where they were when the clock reached zero, that was incorrect based upon Team Update #13, which resulted in rule G14 being updated as follows:
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Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux View Post
Maybe they weren't counting them because they were knocked off after the clock hit zero. Not exactly sure, but it could be the case. At least in one of our matches, our partner (1018 I think) knocked a ball off right at the end and it was still counted as being on the overpass. The officiating was pretty consistent either way. Tons of penalties of course.
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Originally Posted by IndySam View Post
I didn't see that, what I saw were balls that were knocked off right at the buzzer and were rightfully counted because they were in contact with the robot knocking them off at the time of the buzzer.
Another possibility is that Update 13 came out on Thursday evening of the competition. Perhaps the information was not given to the Head Ref.
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