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Re: 2009 Greater Toronto Regional

This really upset me. I'm fairly certain I've never seen a timeout enforced with such ludicrous definity. Many regionals have been known to have mascots etc dancing on the playing field and run as much as 2 minutes OVER the timeout just to finish dancing before the teams got back on the field. 188 was at the field so soon before that I didnt even notice until Karthik announced they wouldn't be on the field. It was quite evident that the entirety of the stadium DIDNT want to see 188 sit the match out.

I can't help but wonder... *puts on flame shield* if there wasnt at least a LITTLE bit of bias in the decision. 1114/2056/2185 were down a match, and at least 1, and i think more than 1 of the referees have ties to 1114. I'm sure people will accuse me of being un-GP for this comment, but its an issue I've thought of before with having refs who have ties to teams. I don't know what the answer is... it's difficult to be completely unbiased, but it would also be hard for FIRST to find qualified enough referees willing to do the job, who don't have ties to any team. I know this sounds like I'm harping on 1114 and their volunteers, and I'm really not trying to do that, they're great people and I'm happy to compete with them.

The second part I find really questionable is the scoring in Finals match 2. RT Scoring at the end of the match (as i recall) said 84-10. I had watched 188's human player throwing balls into 1305's trailer right from the start and figured out what they were doing. I even watched 188's human player score a super cell into 1305's trailer. Final score came in at 119-48. I certainly didnt see 48 points worth of scoring on the blue alliance. I can't say for sure it didnt happen, until I review video of it. If 188/610/1305 HAD made the double G14, 1114/2056/2185 wouldn't have had the super cell that won finals match 3.

The other issue I've noticed with Lunacy is the way field reset and the final tally of the rocks is done. It seems very haphazard and I'm sure at some point theres been mistakes made in the counting. When 3 people are removing balls from a trailer with little-to-no communication between them, how can they possibly get an accurate count? I don't fault any particular person on this one, its just something I've noticed. The volunteers all do a great job and should be commended for their service to the community.
 


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