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Re: 08 Colorado Controversy

Regardless of whether or not there was a miscount, it really doesn't matter by now. I think many people have problems with the scoring system for this year's game, and that is well documented in the the threads Sean linked to (as the scorekeeping as the referee's job). On the other hand, FIRST does not review video of anything at any time in order to rule. It's in the rule book. There have been many of cases when a team believed there was a miscount. If the team approached the referees imeediatley after the match, from my experience, they discussed it, and tried to make the best ruling they could.

Stirring up controversy would do no good for anyone. There is no advantage to the red side of the field. The qualification matches (which, by their nature, are far more even in the power distribution between the red and blue alliances) show an advantage for the blue alliance rather than the red. On the other hand, once in the eliminations, the higher seeded alliance is always the red one. In most cases, especially in shallower regionals, the higher seeded alliance is stronger, and as such, would have a higher chance of winning than the lower seeeded alliance. As such, I am not surprised that there was a regional in which the red alliance won all elimination matches.
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