Thread: Interesting rule calls from the Detroit District
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Unread 22-03-2011, 09:13
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Re: Interesting rule calls from the Detroit District
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Originally Posted by Don Wright View Post
In this video, you can also see that our alliance is playing hard defense on 51 who had an outstanding mini-bot. However, as soon as it got close to the tower, 2832 got out of there to avoid the red card. However, should they have "gone limp" and let themselves get pushed into the tower? If this is allowed, then to stop teams with great mini-bots is to just get in the way and get pushed into the tower and get pinned... At the minimum, they have to back away 6ft for 3 seconds...and then the mini-bot race is lost...

I see this just like the robots getting pushed into the opponent scoring zone. Even though they get pushed into the scoring zone, it's still a penalty (yes...provided the pushing team is trying to score...etc...).

Maybe I'll ask Q&A...
I completely agree with you, Don. I think this needs to be addressed somehow. As the rules are now it makes it too easy to defend the towers.
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