Week 0 Discussion

[Dan Petrovic]

Originally Posted by alectronic

But those aren't even refs, they're just random students?

Precisely. The students handling the scoring were either freshmen or sophomores. Our head referee has refereeing experience, but he only has one set of eyes.

If teams are really that concerned with the accuracy of a pre-season scrimmage that is largely meaningless, then they can let me know in a PM and we'll see what we can do for future events.

The truth is that FIRST's goal with Week Zero is to test the scoring software and the logistics of the field and match flow. FIRST is not concerned with the accuracy of the results. They're concerned with making sure the software works and the game is played as intended. They look to us to fill in the gaps and those gaps are often filled by young students.

Official events will have more experienced volunteers. Scoring this game certainly won't be easy, but I'm willing to give the volunteers a bit more credit.