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Re: Rules that are [not] getting called at Regionals, the +s and -s

The ramming penalty was called on my team during a quarter final round, we were trying to beat 181 to the corner goal,(a move we had been doing all day to great success) our intention was to hit the wall infront of them and block them but we ended up hitting them. We certainly didn't injure 181, only stopped them. The 5 point penalty caused us to lose the match and get knocked out of the competition. We weren't even opperating at top speed and most people were shocked at the call, the corner goal ref even apologized to one of my team mates after the competiton, saying it was a bad call. When team 20 was knocked out of the competition we went over to talk to them, their frame had been bent in an inch THROUGH a bumper and no penalty was called. It seems to me that this particular rule hasn't been called fairly.
I think this competition is alot like football, esspecially in auto mode. Your gonna get hit and hit hard, no matter what happens. FIRST even mentioned making your robot robust for this game in their animation.
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