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They handled it correctaly 51 12.81%
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Re: Einstein Field issues Handled correctly?

I have witnessed competitions as a FRC competitor and as a scorekeeper at a regional.
I have spent some time thinking about what they could do to fix/prevent the problems occurring. First, they should have used an electronics system from a field that has been through regionals and has proven to work in a competition.
Then, they should have tested robot connections before matches, possibly going as far as to run a match with the robots sitting on their carts, not on the field, and the sounds turned off so the audience doesn't hear.

If they didn't get solved with the earlier ideas, they should have started changing the field electronics out incrementally starting with the portions that interface with the robot, and prepping a second server to try as a complete overhaul and start the electronics from scratch. Then they should have tested connections during awards and speeches.

Replaying the first two matches was the right thing to do, but when problems persisted, they should have tried to do more, if for no other reason - because this is EINSTEIN.
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