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Originally Posted by scca229
Not a ref, but....
Don't put yourself into the position of having a ref need to make a split-second decision.
Let us say that the ref isn't looking directly at your pair of bots the entire time but is needing to be looking at another spot as well. When the ref focuses on your bots again, what he sees is you being in the retrieval zone no matter how you got there. Who do you think is going to get the foul? You put yourself into a risky position, you have to accept that risk.
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This is call that you will rarely get called to the defensive robots favor. Last year a robot
flipped us in our own courtyard. The ref
still gave the opposing alliance scaling points when their robots smashed into our robot inside of its frame perimeter, significantly damaging our robot. The scaling points "won" the match for the other alliance.
I can see where the call came from though. It could be argued that the other robot was acting within standard gameplay when tipped our robot (unintentionally) as it attempted to get to the low-goal (as well as at the end of the match while trying to get to the batter.) Same call should be made if a defensive bot is trying to block access to a receiving zone and it is pushed into it.