[BB] What did you do with your weekend?

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by Carol

And teams losing awards because of one student's behavior is unfortunately not rare. It's an open secret that judges have always asked field personnel if any teams have stood out in their minds, negatively or positively. And not just for incidents on the field either.

And often ask the same question to the volunteers doing queuing, inspections, and staffing pit admin and the safety glass stations.

*There was a team removed from winning a technical award because of some disgraceful behavior reported at the venue that had nothing to do with their amazing robot.

*Edit & Update: The behavior involved the venue and house security having to be called. The judges did investigate. Team reps apologized. Then there was a second incident, similar to the first.

And I've heard it also work the other way. Accolades showered on a team by something they quietly did and this reported back to the judging room.