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Originally Posted by Padfoot Black
During one of our Archimedes matches, we were playing defense on a team (they will remain nameless) who had a wedge type design, my driver knew he could flip himself and did everything not to. But when we were at the perfect angle with the wedge, the other teams driver pushed us into the loading zone,we drove in reverse to try and stop him, he then watched our robot tip up a little and then backed up a lfew feet, and drove straight into us and flipped us into thier loading zone. FIRST disqualifyed the team from that match, I feel it was the right call, but next year first needs to discover these designs in the regionals, and make sure teams know that they cannot use them to flip another bot.
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Hmm.
I was coaching the other team. From my vantage point, you guys drove up on us (well onto the wedge), and we chose to drive forward. My intent was to get us to touch the LZ with you perched on top of us. I never saw you try to avoid the contact by driving in reverse (that would have put you in our loading zone and drawn a 30 pointer). We certainly never backed up. We went too far by pushing after you hit the field border - you tipped (right into the border, not into the LZ), and we (rightfully) got shut off.
In hockey terms, we tried to pull a Fedorov (taking a fall to get a call) but ended up pulling a Probert. We learned our lesson.
Ken