Week 2 Analysis

[Rynocorn]

Originally Posted by juchong

Everyone is aware that the pedestal only lights once a referee "completes" a cycle manually, right? To do this they have to select who made what assists, whether there was a truss shot, and where the ball was scored. Once they submit that information to the system, then the pedestal lights up. If they are busy with a penalty, counting down an instance of pinning, etc. then they won't be able to "complete the cycle" as quickly as if they were just keeping track of scores.

I know that people are unhappy about how quickly the pedestal is lighting up, but you also have to understand that it's a completely manual process!

I did not think this was the way it was done... I am pretty sure the refs just plug in the pocessions for each robots in whichever zone and the FMS calculates the points based on the highest number of assist points. Also truss points aren't assessed when the goal is scored but when it goes over the truss. I would also assume that he ref would click the score button and then go back to entering the foul after. Just my knowledge of the system as I think I know it