User blog comment:Zolnir/Flaw in Tournament Setup/@comment-186.45.110.231-20160317140329/@comment-26018514-20160317161809

I agree with the Anon, while it is true we use referee's IRL, I think this speaks to the level of trust society gives Huntsman in Remnant, as well as to how advanced their technology is... if we had essentially a real time heart monitor competitors wore that it was in their own interest to keep in working order, we might not rely on referees as much either... especially if said referee had to be a necessary* military asset to make any difference.(by which I mean that in remnant they need these soldiers to fight Grimm for survival, whereas IRL soldiers are arguably not neccesary for survival after we have systematically removed most of the human races natural predators.

Even if a ref had been there, they wouldn't have seen anything or done anything other than tank Yang's shot at best... although if the PvP match was thought about by someone who knew semblance & robot they might have cancelled that match... except even that is unlikely as Penny needed to show what the program could do..