Re: 2013 Championship Curie Division
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Originally Posted by Michael Hill
(Post 1267922)
I mean, 148 was pushed into the pyramid, but I've still never seen that penalty called for that either. At this point, it doesn't matter though.
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Once they're pushed into contact with the pyramid, there's a 20-point technical foul for intentional contact with a robot in contact with its pyramid--doesn't matter that they were pushed in. If the climber is deployed when they are pushed into the pyramid, it's reasonable to expect that they are attempting to climb, and thus they are now being interfered with while climbing, once the pyramid is contacted. Add in the 30-point climb bonus. Going by the rules as written, that's a reasonable call.
Whether or not it's been called that way all season doesn't matter--I seem to remember a set of matches where a robot's arm coming off under heavy defense didn't allow a game piece that it was attached to and was otherwise scored to score, flipping one match (no penalty given), then a few matches later a high-contact mutual hit that could have happened to anyone got a red card and disable. Hadn't been called that way all season. |
