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Originally Posted by Gdeaver

Chaos, pure chaos and it will only get worse as weeks progress. Major referring changes needed. They need allot more help to keep the game under control. If not changed then this is battle bots and the last robots working win.

+1 on this.

I liked the game all the way through build season. It seemed like great coopertition. But, the change of the contact-inside-frame-perimeter rule from absolutely no contact in previous years to allowing incidental contact inadvertently created battle bots. At Alamo, my team's robot had everything above the bumpers stripped off in two matches, we've been pulled by the back side of our bumpers at least once, and the pool noodles we mounted to illustrate the contact were torn up. Other teams at the competition saw speed controllers ripped out, pneumatic cylinder pistons bent, and drivetrains gummed up with wiring and other robot parts that ended up on the field.

In my opinion, it's not enough to just enforce G28. The rules need to be changed in some fashion to bring down the intensity of the inside the frame perimeter interactions. I don't know what that change is, but if robots keep getting broken like this, I fear we will see teams (particularly newer ones) leave FRC out of frustration or disappointment.