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Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux
I questioned this as well. I was standing behind the blue player station, and I don't know if a team was pushing 71 or not, but their arm went over the wall with tetras in hand, and the tetras hit one of THURST's operators. The ref that was standing there didn't do much of anything, while we were yelling because we were concerned for that student's safety. If a team was pushing 71 and made them go up and over the wall, their power should have been cut. If it was just 71 going up and over, then their power should have been cut. Someone could have been seriously injured, luckily no one was.
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I just rewatched the match in question as I was there with a camcorder in hand and 71 was not touched by another robot when they came over the wall. They came racing down the field to cap the corner tetra and must have missed judged their speed. They raised thier arm while they were moving at max speed and the momentum carried them into/over the wall. It wasn't until they were trying to back-up to reposition when the other robot tried to impede their movement and held them in the corner.
Being a member of Team THRUST, I felt they should have been disabled at the time or at least penalized at the match's end but, in the end, the decisions were made, no one got hurt and life goes on for everyone. Let it go down as just another exciting match.