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Originally Posted by T. Hoffman
GAH. If I were blueateam's alliance captain, I'd be ashamed at winning should a call against redateam be made in this manner, and I'd immediately forfeit my hollow "victory" for the sake of promoting common sense, logic, and reason throughout FIRST. I would seriously refuse to accept the trophy, for I'd be ashamed to benefit from such a lame ruling that would presume a ringer holding up part of a ramp on one side of the rampbot's drivebase is somehow magically supporting the robot lifted 12"+ on the other side of the drivebase.
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I would also not accept the trophy if i were the blue alliance.
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It's either part of the game or it isn't. Would it be "lame" or "hollow" if blueateam had put the ringers there, under the ramp? No, it would have been a brilliant play. Otherwise, it's just luck. In any game or sport, and especially in this one, there is luck involved. If you refuse to allow that your opponent's bad luck can help you win a match at least as much as your good luck, then there aren't many trophies you can accept.
Of course, we're not talking about luck. The rule oughta be that the ramp unsupported by a tube should count, but if that's not the rule, than it isn't. We do need some consistency, but not everything is a travesty. If I'm on blueateam, I accept the trophy with a smile on my face and a song in my heart.