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Originally Posted by Wetzel
It is fully legal to push a robot onto the ramp from across the field and hold them there. They didn't want to go somewhere, but you pushed them where you wanted them. I didn't look at the video, and I'm not going to. I will say that if you read the rules, you must inhibit the movement of a robot while in contact with a field element or border. The ramp is a field element, so the question really only boils down to "was movement inhibited?"
Wetzel
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And the key word there is "inhibit". which does not necessarily mean to stop dead still. It can also mean. "to discourage from free or spontaneous activity ." You can choose to remain ignorant of the particulars of this case, but that robot was most definitely discouraged from free and spontaneous movement.
Now we can claim that the rules are exact and perfect as written, or THEY can do the right thing.
In that regard, and had the outcome been slightly different to result in the pinned bot tipping off the ramp while trying to get away, THEY could look to G22. THEY could decide that, given the number of bots that can't and/or don't navigate the ramp, any strategy aimed at forcing them onto the ramp could be construed as a strategy of damage, destruction, or tipping over the hapless and helpless opponent.
I'd enjoy seeing the bullies get that interpretation laid on them!