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Re: Petition: Lower technical foul values to make this game better

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Originally Posted by xXhunter47Xx View Post
Okay, I'll give you that.
But there's been 6 weeks to know the rules. Maybe the HP got into the heat of the moment and tossed the ball in without paying attention. TF for whatever alliance he's on. He should already know that it was a TF.
This isn't teams being stupid (always) - these are hard to avoid, incidental infractions that do not affect the game at all. Teams have gotten G40s for catching a ball thrown at them by field reset with just a bit too much force. Teams get tournament ending technicals for a ball bouncing in their robot, returned to the floor faster than an out of bounds ball would have.

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For G40 infractions, give it just a little bit more leeway. But for other tech fouls (like in the example) I'd say keep it the way it is.
Your example really, really trivialized how easy it is to score quickly. If teams racked up 30 points that fast frequently, this wouldn't even be a problem.
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