[Jferrante]

I saw the match you at the Long Island regional where 353 was dq'd. I think there was a little more to it than just tipping the other robot. First, when the robot fell its light was extending beyond the role cage on it and got smashed. The judges probably saw the damage and immediatley thought of of battle bots as i'm sure many of us in the stands did. Second, your wedge was movable. You could have lifted it and pushed them with the blunt side which probably wouldn't have tipped them. If you had at least attempted this and shown that it wasn't working i dont think the refs would have had as much of a problem with you hitting them with the wedge to knock them off. Third, you went straight at them. There was room to try and get up next to them and then ram them off. But instead you hit them dead on wedge down. That made the flipping look intentional and the damage of course made it serious.
You also got a bit unlucky with your oponent. The bot you were up against (dont remember the number) had a curve underneath the front of there bot, where the very front was a bit higher and then sloped down to the base. This practically invited a wedge, or even a short robot, to get underneath and flip them. Second There weight was closer to there back set of wheels and that was also where the extra height was. Pushing there cg towards and above the back wheels. A front hit could quite easily flip them just for that.
All in all i'm I believe the judges made the right call. Your drive system was more than enough to shove through the opponent without having the wedge down and risking the flip.