[Jim McGeehin]

Replacing the word robots with goals completely changes the context of the message. The goals are not animate, nor are they controlled by any team or teams directly. They are manipulated by teams through various measures.

As to your counter-soccer analogy, you miss the point entirely. Were I to block you in soccer, I would stay in front of you. The same goes for the robot, albeit it's very hard to do. Wedging under a robot and pulling it around against it's own power is not blocking, it's moving. That is more akin to my analogy then to yours.

I never said controlling other robot was 'immoral,' I said it was not a victory strategy. To say that it is immoral would be saying that it's not right to move another robot against it's own power. I never said that, not did I ever say it. It's a little risky to the carpet, however, when you're moving it one way when its wheels are going another.