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Originally Posted by Beth Sweet
What I love is that Dave still remembers the exact rule title. That is an interesting little factoid Dave, though I'm not quite sure how destruction of your opponents robot fits into GP.
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if you'll take another look at dave's post, you'll see that in no way, shape, or form do they encorouge destruction of the opponent, but rather tipping (in a non-destructive manner, i assume)
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Originally Posted by dlavery
Just a quick history tidbit to throw in here. Many years ago in FIRST, tipping was not only accepted, it was actively encouraged (does anyone else here remember the infamous <Rule F7> from 1997?). Back then, part of Dean's introduction talk at the kick-off for each season included a statement that went something like "offense and defense are both parts of this game. This is a sport, just like football. Just like football, you can tackle the other players. But there are limits - you can tackle, but you can't clip. In this game, instead of tackling you can tip over other robots. And knowing that, you should design your robots accordingly - the potential for being tipped is part of the challenge. The well-designed robots will be able to deal with that, and will be able to get back up if they are tipped."
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i might be mixed up, but i thought it was rule T5 that allowed the tipping of other robots. i distinctly remember hearing/reading the posts of several rhode warriors that mention a decal on aquatread's flipper reading: "T5 is in effect".