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Re: Team UPDATE - 2014-03-25

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Originally Posted by Duncan Macdonald View Post
Does anyone expect the Waterloo SF 1-3 situation to happen again? (I don't, maybe once)

It was a very specific situation that led to the ruling favouring blue. It is equally likely that a similar collision could go the other way if the defensive robot broke completely.

I'm not defending the GDC's decision, but I suspect they are taking "what are the chances it will happen" approach given the complexity of the robot interaction rules. (see 2012 build season cantilevered bridge grappling definition)
It depends on what "it" is really. If you mean damage causing robots to break the size constraints, it happens multiple times a year - a penalty for not completely breaking. I would have to check again to find instances of this being possibly caused by opponent contact, but I bet I could find one. Personally, I think the fact that you broke your robot is punishment enough, and having this weird edge case where you get a big penalty if your robot partially breaks in a specific way but not in other cases makes zero sense. Robots that are clearly violating the rule solely because they are broken shouldn't be penalized under the rules, though that is how they are written as of now.
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