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Originally Posted by sanddrag
Does anyone else agree? We took some of the most incredible hits with no penalties whatsoever on the offenders. I like a little bit of fighting in FIRST games, but it's getting pretty brutal out there. We severely cracked and bent the faceplate of a small CIM motor. Somehow wrecked a big CIM motor (we think due to somebody repeatedly hitting us when we were already flipped over.) We bent 1x1x1/8" wall box tubing beyond belief.
And remember, this is coming from the person who said "If you don't like contact, your robot is not built well enough" And I still think our robot is built well enough.
Is this game being played rough at your regionals? Are ramming or destructional strategy penalties being given? I haven't seen a single one.
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Most definitely this is the roughest FIRST games ever and I'm sure they'll be alot of people screaming "(The Robot Competition That Shall Not Be Named)" but it's not like that at all. The goal of The Robot Competition That Shall Not Be Named is to absolutely destroy the opponent and nothing else. The rough play is due to very tough defense to keep good offensive bot from scoring. If all they do is defense they can still lose if they slip up and the offensive bots can score (that's what happened to us at FLR when 229 got away and put three balls in late). Good defense can help you win but you still have to score somehow.
There's rough play in hockey but no one starts calling it Ultimate Fighting because things get rough. Let's not go too crazy here neither.