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Re: YMTC: Bluabot "Descores" Red Tetra

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Originally Posted by craigbutcher
The blue robot was not defending against seating a tetra, merely bashing another robot to no purpose. In fact the contact could serve no defensive purpose; defense in the rules is clearly conceived as impeding or blocking. One robot may not pick up and move another robot.
Can you point out where it says that (or makes the intent clear) in the rules? I've looked, and I can't find any such referece that limits "defense" to just "impeding or blocking."

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