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Originally Posted by Rangel(kf7fdb)
I agree on most of your points except the ramming. Ramming your opponent as they are about to shoot is already proven in previous weeks to be very effective at stopping shots. It will be significantly less effective if you can't ram your opponent as hard anymore.
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While ramming is not directly outlawed (it has to be both aggressive and repeated), I'll concede that it will probably be penalized inconsistently, and it might be worth not risking the penalty at all and avoid ramming (although you can still ram them once, right when they are about to shoot).
Defensive strategies may have to evolve. I'm sure the GDC don't enjoy adding more penalties/fouls to the game, but if teams are going to employ strategies that risk the integrity of another team's robot, it's their duty to protect against it.
Ultimately, losing the ability to ram (which again, strictly speaking is not what has happened) is a small price to pay. I'd rather watch and play a game where every robot leaves the field in one piece.