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Originally Posted by mdituri

Last season (and I don't know if there was a similar rule off the top of my head about repeated violations) teams would use the strategy of taking a 3 point penalty in automomous to hold and score the extra basketball from the bridge. They were net +3 points. It wasn't considered to be an "intentional" rule violation, but a strategy. It wasn't malicious or damaging, which is what I think the yellow/red card rule applies. If someone intentionally broke the hitting people while in the protected zone rule every match, to cause them to misfeed, that could be considered intentional rule violation.

None of the competitions I watched or attended allowed this (then again, they may not have had it happen). I saw teams that shot the balls in their robot and then picked up additional balls afterwards, but that is not a rule violation. Regardless, last year's rulings have no bearing on this season's so I would not rely on that as an argument for why it should be legal. If a team is serious about this strategy I would ask the Q&A about it.

Originally Posted by nuggetsyl

If you are successful you would be nuts to post this advantage until after build is done.

Indeed, a robot that could climb in 4 seconds for a guaranteed 30 points is an assured 1st pick if they aren't the top alliance captain. Most teams will have trouble lining up to hang from the bottom rung in 4 seconds!

I'm thinking more like 30 seconds to climb the top for an average climber. Most teams won't be able to climb so that still puts you in the 95th percentile