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Originally Posted by Bharat Nain
What if arms are used to break arms? How about ramming an arm? The refs did NOT call ramming. There is a clear difference between bumper to bumper CONTACT and RAMMING. RAMMING consists of a team driving at a high speed towards another robot. Bumper to bumper contact consists of one team pushing another robot. I like it when the refs allow the game to be played and don't call ramming on EVERYTHING, but ignoring the rule is just ridiculous. The rule is there for a reason, and if a teams arm has to break, there is no point trying to even score. Why even build a robot that can score if you can simply break another robots arms and win?
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You sound like you need to take a second to breathe. Our arm was also broken at Detroit: it got tangled in the rack while or opponents where pushing us sideways. I agree that ramming penalties are not always called, but I can not fine anybody but myself to blame for our arm breaking.
Please, let's focus on how the game as a whole is played rather than complain about specific calls from the referees.