Some thoughts on rules, refs, and ranking

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Originally Posted by alex334

Yes. The controller for our (334) shooter/climber was not functioning due to FMS. We had a lot of problems with connectivity during the entire regional mainly due to team members not having updates.

Maybe it's just me coming from SBPLI but today had the highest number of replayed matches I've ever seen. As part of a team that has had connectivity issues in the past and never had anything replayed, it struck me as a bit odd.

Anyway... thank you for the clarification. From the video it was not apparent that there was a malfunction - of course, I look for lack of motion to determine a connectivity issue most of the time. To I would guess many onlookers, 334's robot seemed to be functioning similarly to how it had in previous (not replayed) matches, for all if not most of the match.

That said, if there was an issue with your system that was impacting your performance on the field and delaying the progression of gameplay by requiring replayed matches "during the entire regional", I would assume common sense would dictate installing those updates at first opportunity.
The combination of upset victory by the other team with what appeared to be a very delayed call for a replay did seem just a tad fishy.