[Jeffy]

Originally Posted by andrewkerr

This match in particular was quite weird. the wall itself was re-inspected at least 3 times before the match. at the start of the match, a very grumpy volunteer in a orange home depot shirt came out and measured it (delaying the match), as though the was looking for a reason to DQ us. during the match, we may have gone out of the auto zone once, a small foul, but we were extremely successful at blocking nearly every shot from George Washington's full court shooter (preventing a good 80 points, if not more). at the end of the match, we were confident that we had won, or at least come very close to winning. However, when we saw the score, we were about 40 points away if memory serves, with a whooping 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. I want the video because the match was a really good one, and I would love to review the points and fouls.

Thank you for this explanation. Unfortunately it happened exactly as we saw it from the stands. I was sitting with a 15 year veteran up in the stands and this match made us both scratch our heads.
As per grumpy orange field inspector: He gave us a lot of grief at times too. The drive team had a group meeting and decided the best way to deal with a person who behaves like this is to let them do their job, but don't budge on the rules without getting the rule cited first (tried to make an alliance member start <60").