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Originally posted by Adam Y.
But isn't that the sole purpose of any wedge design?
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The purpose of a wedge is to gain a mechanical advantage; in this case, over a competing robot.
While the tipping of another robot is incidental to the use of a wedge at its purest function, it's clearly an obvious concern. Teams that added such devices to their robots are aware of that concern and accept the consequences.
Disqualifications and questions of intent are the consequences. Such rulings may not be fair, consistent, or correct, but those are the breaks. That's what you signed up for when you added a wedge to your robot, and you also agreed that the referee's decision was final. You don't deserve an explanation, answers, or a second-chance.
I can't say that I sympathize with the frustration you may feel because winning the competition -- heck, winning a round -- isn't important to me. I do grow tired of these complaints, though, because, again, it always seems to me that the only people that ever complain are the people who're directly affected.
It's just a game, folks. Enjoy it when you play this time around and learn for when you play it the next time around. If you'd like me to compile a list of some causes that affect people beside yourselves, so that you may better direct your energy toward making someone's life better, I'd be happy to do that for you.