[FRC Blog] Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition

[Ryan Caldwell]

Originally Posted by DampRobot

I too thought this was illegal, per the tournament rules. But luckily we've never been in the position of having to ask or having been asked for a timeout like this.

Not illegal to see your opponents in need and then suddenly realize that your code needs time to cool down before the next match.

[Grim Tuesday]

Another excellent example of this was the 2010 Philadelphia regional. The alliance of 341/365 called a timeout for us after one of our partner's CRIO decided the second match of the semifinals was the best time to stop working. It allowed us to get them fixed up and we ended up with 7-8 loss due to a penalty. Still the most amazing match I have ever watched, and our team still tells stories about how awesome Miss Daisy and MOE are.