As one of the students on our team said recently,"There should be a Tumble Weed Award". So many 'Bots got tipped that they looked like Tumble Weeds on the prarie!! It is unfortunate that a 'Bot with a high CG is so easy to tip this year, however, the nature of going up an incline at a higher rate of speed with another machine coming at it nearly as fast, something is bound to start rolling in the wind besides bins. I do not think it is the spirit of most teams to go out and knock over everyone in sight. FIRST designed a rough game, on a ramp... teams should have planned accordingly.
During one of our qualifying matches at the Buckeye, 292 got tipped. We cleared stacks in the opponents zone, went across and righted them. 292 was on the top of the ramp at the end, we were stuck on the bottom after our trans spit out chunks. It is not our intention to flip folks. But we do have a low CG, and a powerful arm which we use successfully to block and knock. We wish to remain good sports though and encourage others to do the same.
