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Re: Off Side Penalty?

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I will be asking tonight how long this grace period is.
Grace period is likely 5 seconds considering that is what the rule says. Is Q/A open? I thought someone wrote it closed.

Considering the GDC are the ones that made up the game and wrote the rules book (very well, I might add, for the first cut, compared to previous years), I think their interpretation of the rules actually matters, whether it's written in black/white or not.

I honestly believe that their answer was their intent of the game, but sometimes it's difficult for the few GDC members to think of all the instances that 1000 teams will think up - therefore making it difficult to cite every possible situation in their rule book and describing every rule's intent in detail. Perhaps the GDC didn't think anyone would want to use that type of strategy, which is relatively clear by their answer.

They answered it according to what I would have considered the original intent of the game, but I suppose others don't see it that way. Are we really that annoyed that a team can't intentionally cause penalties on the opponent? Sigh.
In Volleyball, it's illegal to touch the net, but if the opponent spikes a ball such that is hits the net and then hits you (on the other side), you are not penalized for it because you didn't violate the rule. Maybe not a great analogy. But they are still sticking to the rules in that the deadbot alliance must still act to have a backbot - they just aren't penalized for the initial action made by the other alliance but will be if they don't eventually produce a backbot.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and interpretation, but now we have the final GDC intent/interpretation.
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