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Originally Posted by Joseph Smith
Room for judgement calls is exactly what this game needs. The refs are much better suited watching robot-robot interaction and determining if a robot is ramming with intent to damage than watching lines on the carpet and invisible planes. This rule change will probably add a bit of protection to scoring robots, which should make the game more fun to watch.
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100% agree. The predecessing versions of G27 have been watered down too much in the last few years, so it's nice to see some strengthening of the rule prohibiting Non-Gracious Professional strategies.
Additionally I've heard that officials may be focusing more on robot actions than human violations, but that could just be wishful interpretation...
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