Thread: Some thoughts on rules, refs, and ranking
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Re: Some thoughts on rules, refs, and ranking
Just attended the Detroit district. Refs seemed pretty good about the rules and in general seemed to err on the side of leniency in borderline cases (which honestly felt right. Winning by penalty is always a little less fulfilling)

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Originally Posted by ablatner View Post
I do think that the pyramid penalties are really tough. The point of them is to protect climbers, but the penalties end up punishing a lot more and deciding matches.
At least they're not instant DQs anymore. That was what happened back in 2010 (Breakaway) if you touched an opposing robot's tower near the end. It led to some pretty messy wins.
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