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Re: Banging the driver station

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Originally Posted by AWoL View Post
The head ref told us that in the next match we could hold our driver station (two controllers and a laptop) in place if we saw that they were about to hit us, as long as we didn't give the driver station any input. We ended up not having to do this because of the defenses we selected, but I think this was a great way to deal with the situation on the ref's part.
You didn't technically need the Head Ref's consent to start doing that, though it is helpful. G14/15 do have the clauses to allow you to interact with the Operator Console if it's (or personal/robot safety) are in danger.
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