Elgin I respect your efforts, but it is a penalty. Heres why:
When a human player loads a tetra onto a robot, if there is another tetra already on it, they cannot touch that tetra because
it is an extension of the robot.
ID:1789 Section:4.1 Status:Answered Date Answered:3/4/2005
Q:If the HP is placing a 2nd tetra onto the robot would they get penalized if part of their body touched the tetra that is already on the robot?
A:Yes, the tetra is now considered an extension of the robot.
If you had a defensive robot, and it hit an opposing robot in a loading zone with a tetra in its grasp, or on the floor, it is considered an extension of the robot. See example 5 in update 4.
If a robot was to take a tetra on its arm, and push high on a robot with and it fell over...a dq would occur.
All of this shows that a tetra in control or on a robot is considered part of it.
THINK OF IT THIS WAY: (this is funny i think)
Say I pick up a bat and start spinning in circles moving around while I do it. You are sitting quietly sipping water and I smack the drink out of your hand. Who do you blame the bat or me, the crazy guy with the bat?
In this situation, the I am the robot and the bat is a tetra. The bat is an extension of me just like a tetra is an extension of the robot. It could be accidental it could not, but either way if I smack you with a bat (or knock a tetra off the loader) I get in trouble (or the robot gets a ten point flag).
