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Originally Posted by inkling16
There are no situations in which this rule change will cause more penalties. The defending robot still needs to POSSESS the ball to get a penalty call, which is exactly what the old rules said. All that this rule does is minimize the impact of unintentional and inconsequential POSSESSIONs by opponent robots by making this infraction worth 20 points instead of 50.
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That's certainly the way I read it and I think it's intended, but I've watched some inconsequential/unintentional G12s go uncalled that refs might now think they need to call. I see why people are concerned.
Q466: Does TU 3/18 lower the threshold for G12 (a no-call in Week 1 could be a call now, for the identical situation), or raise the threshold for receiving a G12 tech foul (a tech foul in Week 1 could be a foul now)?
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