Pedestal Delays

[Libby K]

Originally Posted by Hoover

Thanks, Cam877. And congratulations to team 11. Even though you didn't win your 3 match semi-final it could have easily gone your way.

Now I feel like a chump for not arguing the pedestal foul. First of all, the confusion altered the outcome of the game in some way. This was really a rematch situation and I should have protested it, assuming there is a way to do that. I did tell them that the light was on so that should have been enough.

The game is better than I first thought but we need smooth play and not these glitches.

Hoover,

For future reference: Have a pre-college student on the drive team stand in the referee question box. That is the way to ask questions/clarifications/point out issues. For something like the pedestal issue, it's important to let the nearest referee/FTA know DURING the match.

The precedent at Mt. O was that the pedestal not lighting up correctly was an arena fault, and several matches in qualifications were replayed because of this. That's what Alliance 2 contested in the QFs, and one of the affected matches in the series was replayed. (QF 3-2 and 3-3 were both affected by pedestal issues, but since we didn't make it known in 2 -during- the match, it was not replayed. We made the field crew aware of it in 3, and QF 3-3 was replayed for that arena fault, overturning the series.)