[Molten]

Originally Posted by P.J.

You are intentionally sabotaging another teams ability to perform.

I looked up the word sabotage and found "Deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct (something)". I generally think of it as destroying or damaging but the dictionary says obstruction counts so I'll go with it. Obstructing another teams ability to perform is kind of the point of defense. I'd hope that nobody would find defense egregarious unless it was intentially trying to damage other robots. This should be an easy call. Definite penalty for breaking the rules. Definitely not cause for a red card unless it is specifically wrote in the manual. T06 and T09 just don't fit this situation. I'm sure alot of offensive teams would love to call T06 every time somebody blocks the goal and sabotages their ability to score. Thankfully they can't. It would definitely depend on what they did when they crossed the plane as to whether or not a card should be given. If it is well programmed to steal a tube it is strategy. If it is ram full speed ahead, that is generally covered in the manual elsewhere.

Jason