[maths222]

A few thoughts:

1. For most teams, make your robot heavier than it is now(get some solid steel bars and bolt them on)-the heavier you are, the harder you will be to be pushed, and the easier time you will have pushing other robots out of your way, but make sure you can still turn.
2. The tipping presumable was unintentional. I will assume that it is, as otherwise that would be grounds for G19 penalty.
3. Pinning in auto: "Autonomous strategies that appear to be intended to Pin or Trap an opposing Alliance’s Robot may result in a Minor Penalty, or if chronic, Disqualification." Therefore, we will assume that their intention was simply to get in your way, and that the pinning simply happened because your autonomous changed between matches (otherwise, I don't see how that strategy would not be a G10 violation)
4. "If you shift up, they shift up, and if you shift down, they shift down." This would seem to meet the definition of trapping: Preventing an opposing Alliance Robot from accessing or escaping from a constrained Area of the Playing Field for an extended period of time." Obviously, I did not see what they were doing, but assuming that, other than eventually out-manuvering them, they moved to block any access to the rolling goal/goals, they would seem to have been trapping.
5. "They try to get in between you and the center goal" I assume that they move out after 5 seconds, as otherwise this would meet the definition of Trapping.

Overall, there are 2 main points:

• If you try to adopt such a strategy, very carefully review the rules and make sure that nothing you are doing falls into any of the seeming traps I outlined above (or some other violation). I.E. G9 (which I hope no one is violating-I have not seeing it happen, and I do not want to see it happen), G10, G19)
• If you are against a team following this type of strategy, please consider the points I raised above, and if you believe that something should have been called that was not (particularly with regards to trapping), please visit the question box. With teams hugging the border between legality and illegality, it is greatly to your advantage to read the rules as carefully as the other team.

**DISCLAIMER: I have not seen the team mentioned above play, so I may have misunderstood some aspects of their gameplay. Further, I in no way intend to suggest that they have intentionally broken any rules, or even necessarily broken any rules unintentionally.