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Originally Posted by MaGiC_PiKaChU
Our robot's scaling mechanism broke at the end of autonomous, making our scissor lift extend. We played the whole match with it, so we were extended past the legal height all game, and once past the 15". We deserved those fouls
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Originally Posted by martin417
The rules are never enforced literally. The refs always do as they see fit. MaGiC_PiKaChU just stated they played the entire match with a mechanism outside the 15" limit, by G18 they should have been disabled. ...
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What Magic said (and video substantiates) is that 3360's scissor lift was extended past legal height (G17) for the entire match, and that on one occasion it extended more than 15" beyond their frame perimeter (G18). The disablement criteria are "strategic" for G17, and "repeated" for G18, respectively. I think the referees made the right call.
Similar fouls were called on 179 in that match, also because of early deployment of a scaling mechanism.
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