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Originally Posted by meredith
I would also like to make a comment about lining up robots in autonomous mode. According to the rules, during elimination rounds the highest seed has the last chance to line up their robots accordingly. Before one of our elimination matches, all 6 teams were behind the lexan, and they were about to announce the teams, when we looked at the field our opponent left their alliance box and was repositioning their robot to hit us. Since we were about to be announced I did not have time to change our program and they hit us. I find this action violates a clearly stated rule. It also appears that this was done on purpose so we could not change our autonomous mode. This type of action does not seem to fit under the FIRST moto of gracious professionalism.
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I follow this forum regularly but I don't usually post. I've made an exception as this thread has really gotten under my skin.
I can assure everyone that the 177 alliance in no way violated any rules during the UTC regional. To say that our team intentionally violated rules to block your shooter in autonomous is reckless and I seriously hope that you do not represent the opinion of your team. The only time that you were blocked you was in SF1-2, and you didn't even run the same program that you ran in SF1-1, so you obviously changed something. We have the utmost respect for your team and it is unfortunate that you see the elimination in such poor light.
With respect to defense and pushing, we again did not intentionally tip anyone or violate any rules. We were pushed onto the ramp numerous times and even pined up there once by your alliance, team 20. We did not fall and were able to maneuver and re-enter the playing field, but that action by 20 was legal and in no way different than any defensive posture that we took. We apologize if either robot was damaged and I can assure you that was never our intention.
The FIRST world is not a perfect but the referees and judges did an amazing job given the circumstances as the field broke and they had to resort to manual scoring. They even went as far as having manual time keepers to assure that everything was fair. Great job!
Great job 20, 126 and 571. Can't wait to see you in Atlanta!