Thread: Bumper Rules
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Unread 28-01-2016, 16:33
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Re: Bumper Rules

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Originally Posted by IronicDeadBird View Post
The shield part was used because you are putting something on your robot defensively. My point here is that there are rules, this could be used as a work around, should it be patched out?
I'm not looking at this for a strategic advantage, I'm looking at it for safety. If it consistently isn't used and the overall consensus is that it would just be damaging why not just patch the rules and say yeah don't do the thing?
One reason might be that the rules are already clear enough on the legitimacy of the strategy, as discussed above with G24, and that adding a redundant rule or subpoint would cause more clutter/confusion than necessary. Imo, keeping the rules as concise as possible is a good exercise in both clarity and making sure teams read the rules with a mindset that gears towards fully understanding them.