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Call Inconsistencies Between Regionals
Has anyone else noticed any inconsistencies between regionals up until now? I thought at kickoff it was said that there was to supposed to be a ref test to ensure that everyone calls the same. Any thoughts on these inconsistencies?
Note: This is not a thread to bash refs, just to discuss different calls at different regionals. |
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Re: Call Inconsistencies Between Regionals
Well, of course there will be inconsistencies. Refs are people too, remember?
I think they're still doing a great job. Of course they will miss calls every now and then, or they'll interpret rules differently from regional to regional, but give them a break... they're volunteering their time to help us. In general, I feel that the refs this year are wonderful. |
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<random digression> Just noticed that the quote on my page says... "People are human, refs are human. The refs did the best they could do at the time. - Andy Baker" </random digression> Anyways, there were calls made that I disagree with, but that will always be the case. If they called it the way that I would agree with, then someone else would be displeased. My interpretation of the rules definitely has some differences when compared to your interpretation. The same applies to the judges. Even if they're trained, they cannot cover every aspect of the game. Some things just need to be called in the moment. It's impossible to have a solid definition for things like high-speed-ramming, herding of multiple balls, and such. Sometimes, the judges just need to do their best and make the call the way they see fit. Since judges at one competition are not the same people as judges at another, there's bound to be this difference... and some teams are bound to get burned by it. Unfortunately, that's part of life. I think the best think we can do is continue supporting our refs and I have this feeling that in future years the refing inconsistencies will get more and more inconsequential and insignificant as returning refs get more training and new refs get a more rigorous (?) training course. |
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If judges were calling penalties at Detroit, then somebody should tell the refs, because it's concerning if they were doing the refs' job instead of Judging teams for awards .Good news for Great Lakes - Most of the refs are veteran referees and half of them will have 3 regionals under their belts this year already. So if you were at Kettering or Detroit, you should hopefully see a LOT of consistancy. If everyone could reflect on the vast amount official calls differ between games in hockey, or football, or baseball (and even between innings/periods), and then consider that those officials are actually getting paid for it and the game doesn't change from year to year, that'd be greeeeaaaat. Yeah. Last edited by Swan217 : 15-03-2008 at 20:53. |
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you can't really draw analogies between the refs for FIRST and for sporting events, because the situation is entirely different. there's no way in first you can call a timeout in the middle of the match to debate every call that's made (like in the NFL with the challenge flag, or in the MLB, or the NBA). we also don't have the time to go back and watch a replay to reverse a decision. like others have said before me, Refs are human. they make mistakes. sure it's really frustrating to have to sit and watch some of the calls that are (or aren't) made, and not be able to do much about it, but there's got to be something we can do to make it better for future seasons. my $0.02 |
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So far, I've only watched the San Diego Regional, so I haven't noticed inconsistencies between regionals. But here are the inconsistencies that I have noticed:
1) An inconsistency within the regional itself. Friday the refs were vigorously waving flags and dishing out penalties right and left. Since I wasn't extremely familiar with the game, I had a hard time figuring out what was going on at first. Then on Saturday, I was seeing violations all over the place--but the refs weren't calling most of them. Maybe it was just my subjective impression, but I really wondered if the refs were tired or something. I also wondered if maybe they were deliberately using a strategy often employed by teachers starting off a new school year: come down hard at first (Friday), let everyone know you mean business, then when the students come to heel, you can let up a bit (Saturday). 2) Inconsistencies within the game rules. For example, I had a lot of trouble understanding the penalties at first, especially this "breaking the plane" business. I read the game rules, reread them, and asked some knowledgeable people about them. I saw that "CROSSING the line" was clearly and carefully defined and explained in the DEFINITIONS and SCORING sections. I read that the entire robot or trackball had to cross the line in order to score. But people were telling me that a PENALTY would be incurred if the robot went over a line in the wrong direction, even a tiny bit. Someone referred me to G22, which supposedly says this. But no matter how hard I've looked, I've been unable to find any definition whatsoever of "break the plane," or of which plane is meant. To a consistent way of thinking, one would assume that if a robot must completely cross the line in one direction to score, then the robot must completely cross the line in the wrong direction to receive a penalty. But that this is not the case isn't made clear anywhere in the rules that I could see; everyone but me seemed to know this out of the ether or something. The exception was one of our alliance partners in our first match, who earned us 40 points in penalties, causing us to lose the match, because they, too, did not learn this undefined rule out of the ether. So hundreds of points were lost at San Diego because of an unclear rule. Another point: while reviewing the rules as I drafted this post, I noticed that there is no "penalties" section in the rulebook. Someone glancing at the Table of Contents for the first time might not even realize that there is a whole slew of penalties buried within the rules. It seems to me that if there's a section on how to score points, there should be a corresponding section on how to lose points. Or maybe the Penalties section should be a subset of the Scoring section. Doing this would make it easier for everyone to understand the penalties, I think. It has occurred to me that maybe the items in #2 above were explained in a Q&A or Team Update somewhere. But if so, the clarifications were not included in the latest revision of the game rules, which I printed out the week of the regional. |
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$6,000 is a lot of money. At the very least, it should guarantee teams that they will receive a consistent gameplay experience from event to event. It may not be about the robots, but it sure isn't inspiring to see poor refereeing altering the way the game is played. We are the customers of FIRST. It seems to me people forget this. We are paying for a service, and if that service is lacking, we have every right to ask for it to be restored to an acceptable level. Far too many see FIRST as god's gift to man, and not the teams as a gift to FIRST. |
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The phrase breaking the plane is used in many sports including basketball (free throw rules), tennis and volleyball (net rules) and football (goaline rules). |
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Re: Call Inconsistencies Between Regionals
You'll find that definition in in section 7.2 DEFINITIONS. It speaks of "the plane defined by a line (i.e. LANE MARKER or FINISH LINE) when it is projected vertically upwards."
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Re: Call Inconsistencies Between Regionals
one thing I'm interested in finding out is whether or not other referees were counting blatant rams from other robots that caused another robot to cross a line backwards as breaking the plane rather than a ram.
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Re: Call Inconsistencies Between Regionals
See Rule <G23>.
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