[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by orangemoore

At Midwest in the Finals a team added pool noodles to make their robot tall enough to be able to block the Full court shooter. During the match they crossed out of their auto zone and across the field they then got a technical for being too tall and actually got turned off (their robot they were not disabled). What I took from this, is that desperate measures are not always the best to take trying to win by shooting may have been better b

This was unfortunate as they were warned that the modification would limit their movement on the field. (As were all teams who made such modifications.)