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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
The obvious slant is towards an all-offensive game with little or no defense.
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I disagree. If that is what FIRST wanted they could make a 30 point penalty for making any contact at all with an opposing robot. They haven't done anything like that. Dave Lavery already pointed out the purpose of this rule - FIRST wants tetras on the field and being scored. Your scenario of Swampthing trying to stop Wildstang from scoring doesn't work if Swampthing and partners are permitted to prevent Wildstang and partners from ever getting ahold of a tetra in the first place. I'd be surprised if anyone argued that a game in which defensive robots could completely prevent scoring of any kind would be fun to watch.