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Re: Rough Play in Rack N Roll

I witnessed many "defensive" robots practice on other robots. Many times I saw hits that in normal match play would have resulted in yellow and red cards. How many teams out there have had there robots damaged by agressive defensive robots during the practice matches? We did, missed about three practice matches. Who out there really wants that to happen to anyone's robot during practice matches, or any matches as far as that goes? We hold no grudge and the other team felt really bad.

If you are planing on practicing defense, talk to the other alliance, do not talk at them. If they do not wish to have defense played on them, please leave them alone, there was an earlier post where it seemed like the defensve robot thought that they were entitled to practice defense on another robot just because they are there as long as they "TELL" them that is what they were going to do. Sorry, I don't think you have a right to tell them that you plan on pushing them around while they may have other things they need to work on. Perhaps you could practice defense on a robot in your own alliance. During most matches I am certain that you could with permission find a robot to practice defense on. We are a hybrid and we practiced moderate defense and offense during the PRACTICE matches. If you were to ask us if you could play moderate defense on us we would have most certainly said yes. We wanted to see how well our robot could score with defense being played on us and appreciated teams that played moderate defense on us. We even had a robot from the opposing alliance climb our ramps in practice. The key is communication and keep the defensive practice civil. It really comes down to GP and respect. Many times during practice matches I could not believe how tough the defense became and thinking, Gees, this is only practice. We have the opportinity to keep the practice matches civil. The last thing we need are another bunch of rules for practice matches.

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