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Unread 08-01-2006, 18:46
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Re: Does anyone else think this game will not be as good as I imagine it might be?

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Originally Posted by Mike Norton
If our robot pushes you and we are only pushing you at within 8" off the floor and you flip or something break that is not our fault this year. in the past it was a judge call. this year it is not.
It's still a judgement call:
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Intentional ROBOT - ROBOT Interaction - Strategies aimed solely at the destruction, damage, tipping over, or entanglement of ROBOTs are not in the spirit of the FIRST Robotics Competition and are not allowed.
If you tip someone over, there is a judgement call as to whether or not you meant to do it. The things you've said in this thread suggest that you plan to hit with the hope of tipping someone over:
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Originally Posted by Mike Norton
if we tip them over it will not be or fault as long as we hit them under the 8 1/2 " limit. this is big for us.