Team 548 Einstein Statement

[Basel A]

Originally Posted by 1075guy

I'm admittedly a bit late to the party on this one, but here goes anyway.

IMO, 548's statement is what was needed to get the community to put away the pitchforks. BUT, I don't believe the story told to them by the mentor in question. I personally feel that both the story told to 548's committee by the mentor, AND the story in the Einstein Report BOTH overlook the giant elephant in the room, that being the mysterious comms losses through MSC and Newton Elims, exhibiting symptoms consistent with the FCA attack (based on my viewing of the match video I can find), and only to teams that would pose a threat to 548's success in future matches (or current matches, in a desparation effort to avoid elimination).

Based on my understanding, it is impossible to reasonably diagnose a failure as FCA based on match video. Indeed, the symptoms consistent with FCA are consistent with roughly a million other problems. Even after FIRST's thorough investigation, all but one case of likely FCA cases were only considered "likely."

I find it disturbing that you're prepared not only to diagnose a robot failure as a complex problem based on minimal evidence, but also ready to indict an individual, about whom you know exactly one thing, of match-fixing at the highest level.