Some thoughts on rules, refs, and ranking

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Originally Posted by alex334

To clarify, it was not our system that was malfunctioning. The problem stemmed from driver station updates. If one team's driver station was not fully updated, the entire alliance would lag out. We found this out during a practice match and immediately fixed it, however, other teams did not and continued using the old version. Moral: CHECK FOR UPDATES!

As to the malfunction, our robot had mechanical jams in a few of the matches. We installed guards to prevent this, so we knew this was not the case. Not to mention that our climber was not working.

So what you're saying is that not you but somebody else on your alliance had the older version?

Having had issues with this previously, do you think this is something that should have been checked as soon as your alliance was formed? It's not like you didn't have a lunch break to confirm that and have your alliance partners install any necessary software updates.

Also, how was this avoided in your elimination matches before semifinal 3?

And is it normal for part of a control system to malfunction while the rest continues to work perfectly?