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Re: Team UPDATE - 2014-03-25

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Originally Posted by NOT Chris is me View Post
How can anyone say 1241's foul is "no more or less egregious" than the tech foul? While 1114's tech foul was clearly unintentional, they did break the letter of a (dumb) rule on their actions. 1241 broke a rule because of somebody else's actions with really no way to prevent it. What was 1241 supposed to do? Why is it okay for another robot to hit you, break, and then get a net gain of points for doing so? The GDC clearly is aware of this, why did they all sit around and go "yup, we should let that keep happening"?
Chris, please understand this post isn't meant as a personal attack at you. It is most certainly not. I agree with your line of reasoning.

Playing the devil's advocate, I swapped 1114 and 1241 in your quote above, and flipped the description of the penalties.

The quote is not quite accurate for the exact Waterloo SF1-3 scenario, but imagine the broken piece of 1114 breaking completely off, and not causing a <20" frame perimeter tech foul. 1241 would be left with a 20pt net penalty.

(This BTW is a situation Tristan mentions in his YMTC, and I get the impression this is more in line with Brandon_L's concerns)

This is a feasible situation that any proposed rule change would have to deal with as well.

I hope this post doesn't rub you the wrong way, but I am attempting to add a different perspective that sometimes I feel gets lost in the shuffle. AND I always appreciate a good gracious and professional debate/analysis of FRC's open issues!
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