[FRC Blog] Einstein Report Released

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Originally Posted by dodar

I agree with you, but then also having these findings say that some of these teams lost connection because they were DDOS'ed and thats why they couldnt participate in matches, makes me say that the students, mentors, and parents of those teams deserve more than what this student has supposedly gone through. 1114 and 2056 specifically, because they were the 2 I know that said they were DDOS'ed, should feel the worst because their teams worked hard all season to accomplish what they did and got to the level they did this season and then had it swiped away by someone that had nothing to do with the match.

Every year someone that worked very hard has ultimate victory just out of grasp as there is a certain amount of random risk in this competition. I don't think that these teams are going away entirely empty handed. Though I do respect that they got a raw deal.

We can't assume that the person involved is any more guilty than a hypothetical weird wiring issue on the field.

We don't know if they were the only one doing this at all.

We don't know if they fully understood what they were doing.

We don't know how it was if they were trying to fix it they were dismissed.

I can't feel the need to ruin what could be some person's life when these teams will continue and have more chances to make it that far.

Besides this is perhaps one of those stranger and more memorable moments where the memory of the participation is more valuable than the dusty trophy. I'm sure a great number of us won't soon forget what happened.