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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
even in physical body contact sports there are rules against aggresively attacking a player
you cant body-check someone who is shooting in basketball
you cant tackle the kicker in football
in baseball the catcher cannot knock the batter over, or grab his bat just as he is about to swing
you cant push someone who is about to pass you in a foot race
you cant jam your tire pump in the front wheel of an opponent in a bicycle race
Again: if a team is slamming their bot into their opponent to prevent them from collecting balls, delivering them, or capping a goal, I EXPECT to see them disqualified.
that is not the spirit of FIRST - teams are encouraged to compete by building machines that can perform the scoring objectives - not to be battlebotwannabees.
building a robot that does nothing but drive around slamming into the opponents machines - what does that say about your team?
"We couldnt figure out how to collect the balls, or deliver them, or pull the goal closer, or handle the 2X ball, or climb the bar, so all we did was make a chassis with a bushwacker bumper on the front, too bash your bot with"
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2002 and 2003 would've been mighty boring if everyone played this way.
Sure, there is a limit to what can be called defending, or blocking, and what can be called a malicious attack. FIRST *told* us to expect our robots to take a beating. They are obviously expecting pushing matches, at the least.
We have totally digressed from the original topic of this thread. Someone needs to either start a new one, or agree to disagree (preferable)
Cory