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Unread 10-01-2012, 21:02
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Re: <G28>

See, last year an opposing robot smashed into one end of our robot, disabling one of the gearboxes and moving our robot into the alley. Our driver's attempts to get our robot out of the alley were unsuccessful and only caused the robot to move back and forth over the boundary line, which he couldn't even see because the alliance wall was in the way. The result:
Our bot- multiple penalties and a red card for going over the boundary line
The aggressor- nothing; high speed collisions are just part of the game

After that experience, I am convinced that there's someone that will disable someone else's bot in a restricted area and then proceed to force them to incur G28's and get away with it because of the referee's interpretation of G44 and G45. If your referee's having a bad day and particularly doesn't like your robot, there is no way that you can argue against him and avoid getting penalized for the actions of the other team.