AZ Regionals: Incorrect Scoring?

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Originally Posted by Uki

I'm not sure how many of you know really what it takes to develop a piece of software like this or the time constraints that were in this particular situation.

Uki,

I am really surprised at your response considering your extensive experience with FIRST. As a group, we are probably the most knowledgeable as to what it takes to develop software to do scoring and placements. The basic algorithm for the scoring and placements is not rocket science and could be written in any programming language, spreadsheet or database program. I realize that the graphic display and web interface can be complicated but that is not the part that the teams are upset about. The accuracy of recording scores, ranking the teams and alliance selection needs to be guaranteed by FIRST or else their reputation will be tarnished.

The tens of thousands of team members, that have spent hundreds of thousands of hours and tens of millions of dollars, deserve and accurate system for scoring. Any less is an insult to time and effort they have spent building robots to compete.