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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
I think regardless of the mood of the ref if, the team caused a penalty as per the years rule book. It is a penalty. Rules are there for a reason. Refs are there to interpret and enforce the rules not pick and choose when they think the rule has good intentions.
In the end. Just don't do it. No matter how gp you think you are being.
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The discussion is
IF it is a penalty to right a tipped robot that is not on your alliance. Whether or not you should do it is another question that is dependent on factors including chance of penalty.
So...
Bkeeneykid and Chris got the first part of the rules dead on. If you make contact within 10 seconds of them tipping over, you should be called for a foul, and likely a yellow card. (There's a reason that I say "should be"--it should be "will be", though.)
The question then becomes, what happens
after 10 seconds?
I really don't think that G24 would come into play, or you'd get a very strict ref to call it. "Strategies aimed at" is not "actions of", although "actions of" can show if there are "strategies aimed at". In other words, if you could do it in a way that would show that you did not have a strategy aimed at incapacitating or disabling, you would probably get away with it. HOWEVER, you would need to be VERY CAREFUL because of the high chance for damage, no matter how inadvertent! Getting a manipulator over the bumpers would probably be your best bet, depending on the game.
Now, then there's another item here: In some years, there has been a rule against making contact inside the Frame Perimeter. If such a rule exists, you'll need to follow it. That's going to be rather difficult...
You'll notice that I'm ignoring field constraints. If they're in a place where you could get called for a foul based on robot position, bad idea. Otherwise, who cares?
tl;dr: If you mess up, or don't wait 10 seconds, you risk a foul+yellow card. If you do wait that time and can successfully do the move without damage (or otherwise breaking the rules), no foul should be given. Remember that all robot contact rules apply at all times unless otherwise noted.