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Unread 08-02-2014, 11:34
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Re: What is considered a catch

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Originally Posted by Duncan Macdonald View Post
My grandmother's opinion of the rules doesn't bother me this year since an "assist" could be:
-Robot Red 1 pins ball against wall for a couple of seconds
-Every robot ignores the ball for 90 seconds
-Robot Red 2 collects it, drives it the length of the field, and scores it
I'm very interested in how this is going to be called at events this season. By the definitions and rules, this form of Trapping is Possession that would lead to an Assist. However, based on the comments of many volunteers, who are using the "grandmother rule", Trapping is not "enough" Possession to constitute an Assist. I hope that everyone is going to enforce the actual written rules, as opposed to this esoteric grandmother clause.
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