pic: Another Time Out?

[Conor Ryan]

Originally Posted by Joe Matt

I hope Conor, Sara, or Dave can explain more and give more details.

Quick story of what happened:
Quarter Finals, 271 237 1302 (Blue) vs 11 1676 1048 (Red), the Red called an alliance time out, it was granted and the robots that were on the field already were turned off by the teams. The time out ended, teams were called to the field for the match by the Querers, the Match Announcer, the Referees, the Blue alliance showed up after waiting, the Red Alliance appeared to be lagging and 11 didn't get on to the field at all due to repairs. 1048 turned their robot on like the entire Blue alliance did, but 1676 who had their robot waiting on the field, never turned their robot on.

The Quarter Final Match, where 1676 wasn't turned on was the one incident we as ref's had a tough time with all day, hear me out though, we put a lot of logic behind our decsion and we stuck to the rules.

Originally Posted by 2006 Game Manual

<T04> In the elimination rounds, each alliance will
be allotted one time out for no more than 6
minutes. This six minute period is in
addition to the four minutes allowed between
matches. If an alliance wishes to call time
out, the alliance captain must inform the
head referee or his or her designee (typically
the field manager) within approximately
three minutes after their robot has left the
field. After approximately four minutes of
the time out (eight minutes after the robots
have left the field), if an alliance wishes to
insert a standby robot, the alliance captain
must inform the head referee or his or her
designee.

Page 7 of this section of the rules has a nice graphic

side note: as an off season rule we shortened the length of the time out from 6 minutes to 5 minutes (announced during Alliance Selection)

What had happened was we gave you guys the time out, and then when the time out ends, you are supposed to be on the field ready for the match. We announced over the PA at least 3 times (4 if I'm correct) that we were waiting for 1676 to be turned on, and thats after we called the robots to the field. On top of that, I personally was standing right next to the robot waiting for someone to come over, I stayed there until the offical countdown began, which should start at the end of the time out, and did. The match did indeed start with a 3 on 1, and we know it's not the fairest of situations (especially in elim's)

Anyway back to what this thread is about, the picture.

Aren't they cute?