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Originally Posted by LightWaves1636
It's just pure coincidence. From match to match, I hate to say it but, it was just pure luck that the better alliance ended up on the red side. Besides Winnovation had the ability to hurdle successfully and quickly and when Bionic Tigers was able to get their bot running, they became one mean alliance. Radio problems I could understand but the scoring system wasn't broken because it would have become obvious to the ref who was working the little button box. The only thing I wish have gone better are penalty calls on hurdle interference and impeding, I think G22 gets call a lot more than other penalties because not only is it easy to do, it's one of the easiest to make a decision on. Also, can anybody tell me why 2083 - Team Blitz was disqualified for match 34? Nobody is really telling me anything about it...
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This is not to complain or say that these things only affected our team, I just happened to keep an eye on our bot (much like I'm sure the rest of you do when your bot is on the field). The reffing at the Colorado was questionable at best. We pulled off a couple of diagonal hurdles in the practice matches, just to see if we could do it (with a running start). At first, the refs said it didn't count because we weren't in our home zone and were quite vehement about that. Upon arrival Friday morning, one of the refs politely informed our team that they had done their homework and realized that it was in fact legal (for which i give them credit). However, we were called multiple times for G22 that occurred because we were pushed back across the line by an opposing defensive robot. The refs were confronted about this on Saturday and said that it had been consistently called that way since Thursday and it would remain that way. On another occasion, our robot was directly impeded for 12 seconds by two opposing robots. No flags were waved, no penalties assessed. Finally, even being a shooter bot, our launcher lifts the ball up to break the plane at the top of the lane divider (guaranteeing us protection while hurdling). We were hassled several times while holding a ball in our home zone and moving towards the overpass to hurdle. There was never a penalty assessed. As far as the scoring controversy is concerned, one of our mentors felt that there might be a scoring issue, so 4 of our team members watched a couple matches, scoring them by what we saw, and the penalties that the refs called. The scoring seemed to us to be legitimate for the matches that we witnessed. Other than reffing, the Colorado regional was one of the best we've ever attended. The MC Todd was phenomenal, the judges were amazing, and lets not forget the other teams. They treated us like family and reminded us what FIRST is all about.