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

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Originally Posted by mrnoble View Post
I am dividing the issue of penalties into three categories:

1) Safety. These are non-negotiable, unless it can be shown that the penalties are not sufficient to prevent safety hazards. In that case, the penalties can be augmented (through physical changes to the field, or game play changes), or the penalties can be increased. G40 fits that description for me, and as such I am not in support of reducing it, ever. This year is particularly prone to violent play, and 140 lb. robots are never safe anyway.


On safety: Words and numbers on paper don't increase safety, action, physical constraints, awareness, and well designed systems do. So far we have little action, no physical constraints, more awareness (many people still are not I'd wager), and many varying robot designs at the moment.

People can still accidentally touch the robot, especially if they aren't aware of the rules. PDF docs can't stop the movement of a student's hand during a match.

On point values: (While less critical than safety) The fate of an alliance doesn't need to hinge on one small mistake by one student on one team if that mistake was in fact small, inconsequential, not particularly unsafe, and innocent. If a student clearly reaches a few inches into the zone with a robot nearby than have at it. Otherwise it isn't worth it.
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