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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
I'll toss in some spare change on this argument, and say that I don't think G32 was being enforced much in the finals either. I am uncertain which robot it was, but atleast one of the robots was clearly designed along Battlebots lines. it was low to the ground and had a wedge at the front that ran almost right on the ground. Presumably this could be argued as a way of getting balls out of the way, but it also was perfect for tipping robots, and everytime I saw this robot get into a shoving match, the opponent went over, or nearly did so. I can't see how this robot wasn't designed and used with tipping in mind.
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That was HOT (67), and they played very fairly throughout the competition (they were in our division). A wedge is a valid defensive strategy for moving another robot by taking away their traction and transfering it to you; you don't have to flip them to do this.
I agree with Chris on all the points of the video interpretation - 469 was well within the rules in all their maneuvers that I saw in the 2 examples you posted. Time to get over it and move on.