Running Out of Tetras

[Paul Copioli]

We never really ran out of tetras on the autoloader side, but that is not the point. It did get to a point that there were no tetras in the piles and one on each loader, though.

what matters in all of this is a last minute rule change (or rule interpretation) that was explained to us that the auto loaders would not be "leveled" like was clearly described in update #2 that the field staff will make reasonable attempts to make sure no area is depleted. I was told after semi #1 on Einstein that the ruling on Einstein was no replacements. It seems like on the fly changes ran pretty rampant this year.

One last thing, this situation had absolutely no bearing on the outcome of the Final Four match between 245, 217, 766 and 330, 67, and 503. Those three matches were the most exciting I have ever been a part of in all of my years of FIRST. The last second move by 503 was analogous to a 3 point hail mary toss in basketball ... simply amazing!

Paul