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Originally Posted by Steve W
FIRST is NOT perfect!!!! Refs are NOT perfect!!! Judges are NOT perfect!!!! Field controls are NOT perfect!!!! but most of all WE ARE NOT PERFECT!!!!
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Exactly, I happen to know a match where hybrid period was misscored. It ended up changing the winner of that match and ultimately the seeding of some the top teams at that regional. People were unsure about it, but it was not brought up until well after the fact. In fact, I was not able to confirm it until I got a chance to look at the video archives.
Having been a ref for one regional I can say that I was not perfect in calling penalties. I tried my best to be consistent and accurate and when in doubt to give a team the benefit of the doubt, but I am sure there are things I missed and things that might have actually been wrong. In addition from that regional and another I was at, I can say that occasionally things don't work. Sometimes it is actually your robot, sometimes it is field control.