Well we had some controversy </Fallon> at the Finger Lakes Regional this past week. To keep discussion of "did the refs make the right call" to a minimum, I will not share what the official ruling on the field was.
We have one robot on the red alliance (let's call them 3015) lining up in their opponent's courtyard to take shots at the blue tower. Now 3015 prefers to not use vision when lining up their shots so they need to make sure they are at the right mark every time.
Blue knows this, and sends a defensive robot (let's call them 2010) to play some defense against team 3015. After a some back and forth contact between the two teams, 3015 goes to line up for their shot while 2010 lines up to play defense. The two collide, bumper-to-bumper, in the middle of the blue courtyard where one of those robots ends up on their back.
If you're a visual person:
https://youtu.be/HGs0atRJm5Q?t=59s
One referee throws a penalty, one referee says the hit is clean. Did one of the robots go too far? Was there intentional aggression behind it? Or is this just an unfortunate incident?
What happened guys?! You make the call.
