A similar situation happened today at MAR Championships. Correct me if I describe it incorrectly.
Every match, 341's alliance (red) attempts to triple balance. They were successful in most every match. 1218's alliance was unable of the feat, but when they were up against triple capable alliances, 1218 would park in front of the bridge (much like the robot at Queen City), and force the red alliance to push them onto the bridge if they wanted to balance.
However, this match had a wrench thrown into it: In the process, one robot managed to get through and was touching the bridge between 1218 and 341. 341 began to ram 1218, which was touching a robot that was touching the bridge (this was the best I could see based on the webcast; again, if I'm wrong please correct me). For each ram, 1218 was given a 3 point penalty, for a total of 24 points.
So the question is:
- Was this the correct call?
- Does [G25] apply?
- Does [G44]/[G28] apply?
- Does [G45] apply?
- If [G45] does not apply, why not?
- If this call is correct, does this now invalidate this form of bridge defense?