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Originally posted by Matt Ryan
Would I assume correctly that you are a rookie? If so, FIRST used to be much more rough and tumble, such as two years ago, where all the robots on the field would try to get to a ramp in the center of the field within the last few seconds. Robots went flying. Things exploded, snapped. You name it, it happened.
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Yes and no. My son was on a team some years ago. They brought home a championship finalist trophy. That was during the time when attack and defense were an accepted part of the game. So I know what FIRST used to be like. I can't say I liked it much then.
I can't say that I'm all that worried about our robot. If someone crashes into it at full speed they're as likely to disable themselves as us. The robot that hit us running very hard and built like a tank the other night did not damage anything important.
I guess it just appears that I have a different idea about gracious professionalism than some others. As well as seeing contact incidental to play of the game differently from intentionally ramming another robot. The first is reasonable and expected. The second does not seem to me to be in the spirit of the game as described this year. But obviously reasonable people can disagree.