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Originally posted by RogerR
how about something similar to football, only instead of pushing someone back 5, 10, or 15 yards, they are deactivated for the first 5, 10, or 15 seconds (or some other pre-determined amount) at the begining of the next match.
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Why should their alliance partners in the following match also be penalized for something they had no control over?
Immediately disabling a robot for a period of 5 or 10 seconds in response to a rule violation seems, on the surface, like it could be effective. Of course, then there must be a way to communicate a penalty to the field control person much faster than there seems to be now.
On some level, though, I prefer the good sportsmanship that used to be commonplace among teams -- so that even if a rule went unenforced or something equally bad happened with respect to penalties and disqualifications, everyone realized that it wasn't that important and moved on.