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Originally Posted by Donut
What part of the ramp were you near? I don't think it should matter (considering the pinning penalty against our alliance was called for pinning a robot against the front of the ramp, where you can drive straight up), but some refs may deem that being pinned against the front is not considered "pinning" because you can drive up the ramp to escape.
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I can assure you that this WILL be discussed amongst the head referees before the next set of regional competitions. My interpretation is that pinning is called when your robot is pinned against a field element in such a way that it CANNOT move. If you could have moved away (by driving up the ramp) but chose not to do so, then that is NOT considered pinning. Also note that the penalty is not assessed until after the 10 second count if the offending robot has not backed away.
And don't forget, we refs are only human (AND volunteers). While I believe ALL FIRST referees do the best job they can to help teams avoid penalties while objectively making the best call we can, it is possible to make a mistake. Even highly paid professional referees officiating games where the rules remain constant from year to year make extremely costly mistakes from time to time.