[illumanat'i]

1. No, no, a million times no.... i don't know the exact wording of the rules, but that would be extremely frowned upon if not illegal, and not be considered "gracious professionalism"

i think there is something on not causing intentional damage to the field or other robots

2. The refs will probably do something about it, but if they don't, talk to a FIRST official at the regional (or final), preferably one who saw the match, and ask that something be done.

3. no, no, no, and no

4. my team's view is pinning is okay, we never even though of ramming (maybe if they did it to us, but probably not)

5. yes, i guess... the practice rounds are used to test the robot's and driver's abilities on the actual field, the more like the match it is the better... and one would hope no one tried to take out or harm other robots during the practice