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Re: Are The Penalties Too High?

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Originally Posted by Petey
I maintain that it is nearily impossible to not risk penalties and still have a competitive robot or strategy.
Sorry Petey, but you are just plain wrong on this point. I offer a specific point of empirical evidence: at the VCU regionals this past weekend, there were only four penalties assessed during the entire set of elimination rounds on Saturday afternoon (including the one DQ for agressive play). Teams learned what the penalties were and how to avoid them. In the total of 20 matches, teams were able to play the game very effectively, execute great strategies, and have very competitive interactions. And they were able to do it nearly "penalty-free" (as the announced kept repeating over and over and over and over and over...).

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