At my regional tournament, I noticed a major issue with the fields and being able to move objects. I eventually figured that because of the anti-static spray on the tiles, the stars and cubes became extremely frictional and caused many issues with moving them (i have videos to show what i mean). This issue caused a 45+ point programming skills to drop as well as caused issues with matches and driver skills.
My question: Is spray going to be used at worlds, and if it is, will have a similar effect on the objects? (note this was the first tournament all year we had this issue at)
Also I would like to address the way my complaint was handled. When i mentioned it to the woman running the event she directed me to an RECF official. The conversation lasted a couple minutes and went something like this(a summary):
me: “I’ve noticed an issue with the fields because of the anti static spray. Is there any way to fix this since it has never happened before and could limit my chances to make it to worlds?”
RECF official “We have to do it to prevent brownouts, and all other regional tournaments should be doing the same thing, so everyone would effectively be playing at the same disadvantage.”
me “I understand that, but many other teams have already scored high in skills at tournaments without this problem whereas i will be forced to put my best robot out at a disadvantage”
[continual repetitive conversation]
RECF “Well you can either deal with the issue or be disqualified”
Was this an appropriate response by someone working for RECF, or could i have even been disqualified? Threatening to DQ for debating a point about the validity of field setup.