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To CHSRobotics03:
So far I've watched part or all of VCU, OHIO, BAE, UTC and NAVY. All of which are East coast regionals. The 2 regionals you mentioned(Arizona, Sacramento) are West coast. There are differences in how these regionals play out every year. 1 difference is the East coast are more physical than the West. Now I haven't seen it yet but apparently it has happend but is it an epidemic.
There are limits to everything. I can buy a gun but I can't buy a howitzer. If teams agree not to knock over a stack created by another bot or prevent bots from stacking then that is acceptable and isn't unfair. I'm not saying FIRST should make a rule saying teams can't knock down robot stacks but professional sports have rules that make the game more exciting. How long would basketball last if players could just knock down an opposing player and rip the ball from his hands? It would make some matches more exciting if stackers could make stacks and the points were huge. The limit would be "planning" a match for an 8 stack everyone on top maximized match. That is no fun. Should teams agree to let each other stack then it still challenges them to stack and get the wall and fight for the ramp.
Summary: Agreeing not to knock down stacks, OK.
Planning match for 8 stack, Tie for 500 pointsm not OK
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