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Originally Posted by andrewkerr
...at the start of the match, a very grumpy volunteer in a orange home depot shirt came out and measured it (delaying the match)...with a whopping 43 foul points. when we asked for an explanation, we were hard pressed to get a cohesive answer. however, we were eventually told about a very obscure foul rule, involving a "pinning foul". apparently, it is all a judge made decision whether or not to call it, and it has to do with holding a robot against the wall for any period of time. in order for the foul to stop, you have to back at least 6 feet away from the robot that you were pinning, which was impossible for us to even hope to accomplish given how little room we had to move. this was the reason that they gave for the 43 foul points given against us.
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This would be very funny if it weren't so sad. The rules are there for a reason, you should read and understand them all. As Alan points out, none of them are "obscure", you just didn't read / know them. You can't expect to win if you don't know them inside and out.
And I don't think inspectors are grumpy, we're just anxious to get back to our Home Depot jobs where nobody argues the rules...
