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Originally Posted by Jack Jones
There's a saying that applies here, "practice what you play!" In a game that requires a full period of defense, it would be foolhardy to do otherwise.
On the other hand, cheap shots on the practice field should not be taken kindly to. I'm sure the refs will make a mental note of them as they anticipate the main event.
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As a ref at Pittsburgh last year I can tell you that us ref's paid little attention to the robots. We were still trying to streamline our calls, and understand the rules as best as we could. I would'nt rely on ref's on thursday to take note or robots simply because they are busy still learning the rules.
As for Lil' Lavery, 100% on the nose with this. Defense in practice is so low; for those teams who didn't have a chance to test prior to ship and thursday being thier only day to test, those teams who built their bot in probably 3 weeks with the mindset of defense and who have had the other 3 weeks to practice driving should respect the teams who need to comb out their robot. What satisfaction do you defensive teams get?