Caution: Keep your hands out of the ball counters!

[Radical Pi]

Originally Posted by MarcD79

even after the counter buzzes zero! YOU must return the counted balls through the return counter, even after the match has ended!

DOGMA continues in the 10 seconds after the match? I wish they would tell us this stuff

[FIRSTgirl675]

We had something similar happen to us (675) at SVR. We were in the first match of the finals, and the other alliance was using the end of the trident to dislodge the balls, and the counter kept thinking that the trident was a ball, causing the other alliance to have more points than they were supposed too. At the same time, there was a non-related and random counting malfunction on our side of the field. I believe we were supposed to have won that match, but because of these errors we had to re-do the match.

[Lil' Lavery]

They specifically had a human players meeting on Saturday morning in Philadelphia to cover this issue and make sure all teams knew not to reach into the counter and how to properly unjam balls. This should be made standard at Championship.

Just another reason Pete is the best FTA there is.

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by Radical Pi

DOGMA continues in the 10 seconds after the match? I wish they would tell us this stuff

Well I specifically asked the FTA at SVR if we had to return balls after the buzzer, and he said no... But we've never had any issues not returning balls so i don't know.

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by Radical Pi

DOGMA continues in the 10 seconds after the match? I wish they would tell us this stuff

They didn't tell you because it isn't true. Just another reminder to take what you read on CD with a grain of salt unless it directly refers to the manual or Q&A.


Q&A indicating DOGMA does not keep running after the game ends:
http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=14354