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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli
Wait a minute!! (yada yada)
Andy & Lucien,
How can you say this rule was clear? Having the robot base over the loading triangle isn't blatantly obvious? C'mon.
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A couple of thoughts here:
1. The way we have been practicing is by touching the triangle with our wheel. Since this is how we have been practicing, then of course it is the way we would like to see it remain. This is for purely selfish reasons.
2. The rule is not clear, obviously, since many of us viewed this differently.
3. It is fun to see Copioil get all riled up about this. I can imagine the crazy Italian's face getting redder by the minute. (I am actually on the phone with him as this post is going out, and I can HEAR his blood pressure rise... fun stuff!)
4. For the big picture of FIRST, I think that it the rule should be "hovering over the zone" or "breaking the plane of the zone" in order to make things better for competitors and referees. However, this was not clear in the beginning at kickoff. Therefore the quandry exists. Do they modify this rule, or do they stick to their guns? For me and my team, we will go either way. We can straddle or we can put one wheel in the zone.
Andy B.