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Walking the fine line...

Hi all,

Being in the middle of the whole ordeal, I have made a few observations. I think that first of all, all sides need to realize that this was a complete no-win situation for the refs. The tipping rule when it comes to wedge robots walks such a fine line, that its impossible to come out of it with everyone being happy at the same time. On one hand, wedges can be viewed as mechanisms that are made to maliciously tip other robots. We saw it happen at various competitions. The second viewpoint would be that viewpoint of the wedge teams (like my own team) who built the wedge as a wall removal device. At the beginning of the year, my team was so nervous about running into the so-called "Beatty play" where the robot takes complete control over the center of the field, restricting movement, and winning the match every time, that we decided it was more important to build a wedge to remove robots who anchored themselves to the top surface of the ramp. Now, the refs have to make a call on this fine line at each and every competition. Different competitions will call it different ways. With that in mind, I want to remind everyone that the referee's job is truely the most difficult job of anyone. They have to make the toughest decisions, and they have to take the brunt of the contraversy that may surround them. In the head ref's mind, he wanted to do what he felt was the best situation for all parties. He felt that it was important to draw the line on tipping at the competition, while at the same time not DQ'ing 121 for something they had been doing all year. In actuality, the decision hardly made anyone happy, but if you really look at it, it was probably the most middle of the road decision you could possibly make, even if it wasn't consistant with the rules FIRST had followed most of the year. What it does come down to, is the biggest rule of them all...the referees decision is final...afterall, it is the toughest position to hold out there. So, try not to blast the refs too much...we have it easy compared to them. As for the wedges, its going to be important for all offseason competition organizers to clarify and draw the line for the robots of that type before any competition starts.

Finally, as for people getting heated as a result of the actions on the field, I think that it is important for everyone to remember that this is just a game afterall...try your best to remember the big picture of everything when things like this come up. In the longrun, its better for everyone that way.

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Andy Grady
 


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