Poofs Red Card Question?

[samthesnake]

The Poofs' alliance scored 289 (if my math is right) in semifinals 2 but an alliance member must have been red carded because they got zero. My question is, why were they red carded?

[Ginger Power]

2 Yellow cards. One of them was for touching the controllers too early if I heard correctly. Not sure of the other.

[Arhowk]

The most common cause is tipping another robot. I didn't see the game but I did see the zero. Note that the entire alliance gets the red card; the scoreboard doesn't show who got it

[kgzak]

The score was 289 before the red card. 35 points in penalties. If you take away the 35 penalty points they would have scored 254.

[nandeeka]

They got two yellow cards. Someone tethered without permission and someone touched the driver station during auto. Two yellow cards makes a red.

[Adithya Balaji]

It was 1241 according to people on twitch chat

[TylerHarmon]

Originally Posted by nandeeka

They got two yellow cards. Someone tethered without permission and someone touched the driver station during auto. Two yellow cards makes a red.

What do you mean by tethered?

[FrankJ]

Originally Posted by TylerHarmon

What do you mean by tethered?

Connecting wired to the robot.

[jodge1706]

They were tethered on the field before the match started, but there was an FTA with them. How could it be illegal?

[Dave McLaughlin]

Originally Posted by jodge1706

They were tethered on the field before the match started, but there was an FTA with them. How could it be illegal?

1983 was given a yellow card for this during elims at PNW DCMP. Is it a new rule this year? I can remember resetting on the field between finals 1 and 2 several times in the past.

[ollien]

Hold up, G10 states (emphasis mine)

ROBOTS will not be re-enabled after the conclusion of the MATCH, nor will Teams be permitted to tether to the ROBOT except in special circumstances (e.g. during TIMEOUTS, after Opening Ceremonies, etc.) and with the express permission from the FTA or a REFEREE.

Violation: Yellow Card

If they were with an FTA and this was *PRIOR* to the match, how is that a yellow card? Furthermore G15 states (emphasis mine)

During AUTO, DRIVE TEAM members in the CASTLE may not contact anything in front of the STARTING LINE, unless for personal or equipment safety.

Violation: FOUL

How is that a yellow card? That's clearly a foul if anything.

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by ollien

How is that a yellow card? That's clearly a foul if anything.

It's G14 in this case, because they started using the controls.

[ollien]

Originally Posted by CalTran

It's G14 in this case, because they started using the controls.

Got it. Thanks for the clarification!

[samthesnake]

Originally Posted by ollien

Hold up, G10 states (emphasis mine)



If they were with an FTA and this was *PRIOR* to the match, how is that a yellow card?

I'm curious about this as well. Maybe because it was after their last match in addition to being before the match they got carded, but I just don't understand the ruling

[mAYple]

Originally Posted by samthesnake

I'm curious about this as well. Maybe because it was after their last match in addition to being before the match they got carded, but I just don't understand the ruling

There were rumblings that the FTA in question didn't know what was going on?
At least that is what I remember hearing