[Wayne TenBrink]

I was also surprised at the turn of events. I expected the match to be completed with only 4 operable robots on the field.

- In a different match involving a presumably unsafe condition (smoking jaguar on 3119), the foghorn sounded, the robot was detached from the trailer, and removed from the field. The match resumed from the point where it was paused.
- In other matches involving dangling parts (not safety related), the robot was penalized for exceeding the envelope and the match continued (saw that at TC, not at MSC).
- 904 was dead in the water from the start of that match - completely unrelated to the safety situation that stopped the match. During the reset, we were granted a time-out and then allowed to call in a replacement. I half expected our requests to be rejected because the request came after the "start" of the match. Apparently a field "reset" is treated like a new match and we got a lucky break.

I agree with Paul Copioli. I would like to know the official position on reset/restart vs. disable/continue.

As for this instance, "it happened, let's just move on". It clearly didn't affect the outcome. 217/67/65 were well ahead in the match when it was stopped. Our alliance's mechanical problems during the reset match were our own doing and would have turned up and killed us in any third match, had we miraculously won the original second match. They deserved the win.

On to Atlanta!