2006 Penalties

[StephLee]

I believe we were called once or twice for being off-sides when I hadn't thought we were, but then I really wouldn't bet my life (or my robot) on it. Once, we were supposed to play backbot and our driver moved towards our alliance station before moving to the back side of the field...that was a rightful penalty, we needed to have been moving back by then. Miscommunication between myself and the driver caused that.

Since none of the penalties cost us a match, though, I really can't speak for how I'd feel then about a call I wasn't sure was warranted. I do know, though, how I felt when we "lost" a match we knew we won. Something was wrong with the scoring system; I honestly don't know what it was. If anyone knows what the problem was during match 5 of Friday at Pittsburgh, please post it. We simply couldn't let that match go. It was a 2-on-2 match, us and 1727 versus 1370 and 365. We played extremely hard and stuck to our strategy; we knew that was the only way we'd beat those two awesome teams. We knew we'd won, but the results said we didn't. Our driver went and talked to the refs, and they reviewed the scores. I'm not sure where it was eventually decided the error was, but they found one and actually corrected the scores - and we had won.

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ORIGINAL: Greg Perkins

If you have any problems with your outcome TALK TO THE HEAD REFEREE!!!

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PS. STOP BASHING REF's...email FIRST and your issues will be promptly reviewd and during the head ref meetings will be discussed.

You posted while I was typing mine...you're completely right. We were very content with how the head ref handled our concerns; we asked if they were sure the scores were correct, and they checked them for us. The refs want the games to be fair, otherwise they wouldn't be refs. Ask them about any potential discrepancies, but remember to bring your GP when you do.