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Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday
Do you really believe that the other robots are on the field just so you can bang on them? Do you really believe that you have some sort of "right" to pound on them just because you're on the field at the same time?
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Yes, if it is legal bumper zone contact, with some restraint added in considering the situation, and it serves a strategic purpose - preventing opponents from scoring tubes. I agree with the previous posters - they don't call them practice
MATCHES for nothing, and you are going to face an amplified version of such contact in the qualifying rounds, so whatever doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.
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Is it the fault of "offensive" teams that you require a robot to play defense on and they don't?
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No. I fully blame the GDC...........KIDDING DAVE!!!!
Defense is allowed per the rules. It will be played during practice matches per the rules.
Offensive robots require game pieces supplied by FIRST.
For defensive robots, our opponents are the game pieces
we are permitted to manipulate per the rules.
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I really hope if someone tells you ahead of a practice match that they'd prefer that you not play defense on them that you'd respect their wishes. Some teams are working out bugs in their scoring mechanisms and want a chance to practice with it. Of course it will be harder to score when being defended, but that doesn't mean that undefended practice time is not valuable.
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I'd prefer a compromise - if they had a hobbled mechanism or looked rickety or "tippy", I'd probably leave them alone for the bulk of the session. But if it were a stronger team with no visible signs of robot problems, I'd prefer to test my skills against them. Of course, I'd allocate half the time to let anyone practice their offense unimpeded, but I'd expect the same courtesy coming back the other way, with the understanding the defense wouldn't get too rough (unless you asked for it intentionally - I love offensive teams with that particular mentality

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The fact that your team requires another team to practice against is your problem, not theirs.
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The fact that teams don't put bumpers on their robots during practice
MATCHES is their problem, not the defenders'!