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Originally Posted by robobandmom
During the first rounds of the eliminations, there was a human player that appeared to be attempting to damage their bot, or at least get it to drop a tube. They were awarded a red card for this, and rightfully so.
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Just a point of curiosity... I am not trying to argue but please consider this.
At the Alamo regional, a tube occasionally hung on a robot where it was not intended. When that happened, there was a penalty assessed on that robot if it also held a game piece. The rules state that you may only possess one game piece at a time. So much has been made over knowing the actual facts that I have to ask about the 1114 incident... was this an intentional act by a student to damage a robot or a tactic to cause that robot delay wile trying to dislodge the game piece? I'm not sure it is against the rules to hit a robot with a game piece but I would like to know if there is a specific prohibition to doing so. In any case... did the student admit he was trying to damage the robot or is that just a perception?
Steve