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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo
Team Overdrive (2753) got bitten hard by one particular rule:
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<T21> In the elimination matches, each ALLIANCE will be allotted one TIMEOUT of up to 6 minutes. If an ALLIANCE wishes to call for a TIMEOUT, they must submit their TIMEOUT coupon to the Head Referee within two minutes of the Head Referee issuing the arena reset signal preceding their MATCH. When this occurs, the Time-out Clock will count down the six minutes starting with the expiration of the arena reset period. Both ALLIANCES will enjoy the complete 6-minute window. <snip>
There are no cascading time-outs.
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They didn't ask for their timeout until after the opposing alliance's timeout had expired, so they didn't get onto the field. |
Actually, it was a lot more complicated than that! This may take a bit to explain, so please bear with me! Just to set the scene, in the semifinals, the number 1 alliance played the number 4 alliance and the number 2 alliance played the number 3 alliance.
It started right after the number 1 alliance (25, 2016, & 1071) won their second semi-final match. They realized that they would have to call a time-out to fix some things on one of their robots. The number 2 alliance
(2753, 1279, & 1640) was going to play their second semi-final match after having won their first. So the head referee had the number 1 alliance wait to use their timeout after the number 2 alliance's second match was over. What happened in that match was 2753's robot broke and they ended up losing (which is another long story). So now the number 1 alliance's timeout began to run on the clocks while there was still at least one more semi-final match to play. The head referee did not call the number 2 alliance to come and place their robots onto the field until the number 1 alliance's timeout had ended. When there were exactly 5 seconds left in the number 1 alliance's timeout, the number 2 alliance requested to use their timeout. They were told that they were too late. They had to have called it within 2 minutes after the head referee had given the "all clear" for the previous match.
It was very confusing for us because we thought that we had until the number 1 alliance's timeout was over to call our timeout, since they were not calling us onto the field until then. But it's done and over with. If only that antsy 25 alliance hadn't called their timeout early!!
jk
On another note, this competition was really fun and I loved the modified rules! Congrats to the number 1 alliance on the win and to the number 3 alliance for some tough-fought semis & finals! Also I'd like to thank our alliance partners 1279 & 1640 for fighting like champs!
A big "thank you" to all the volunteers and organizers who made this event possible and to the hosts - team 303!! You rock!
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2007/2008: FTC #74 - Ohio, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and World Champions
2009: FRC #2753 - New Jersey Champions &
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2010: FRC #2753 - NJ semifinalists, Philly semifinalists, ranked 44th in Archimedes division
2011: FTC #2753 - DE semi-finalists, NJ division finalists
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24-05-2010, 13:04
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