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Re: Rough Play in Rack N Roll
The key is communication. Communicate what you want to do in the practice round to your partners and opponents; make sure everyone is ok with it. If their robot/drivers are not ready for contact, respect their wishes. They should welcome the contact when they are ready for it (maybe next match), if not it is their loss. The Rack and the field are communal property to be shared (if you want to hit the Rack you don't need anyone's permission), but the robots on the field are property of their respective teams. Noone wants to spend hours repairing their robot after practice round damage and missing more practice time. Thursday is about making progress and getting ready for competition, not suffering unnecessary setbacks.
If inter-team communication fails FIRST is going to start making rules because this is an issue every year. Maybe something equivalent to a redshirt on a QB in football practice. Heck we could make it a White Flag, that would be humorous. Hit the bot with the white flag get temporarily disabled. I don't want it to come to something like that so just communicate and be respectfully out there.
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 Robot Inspector
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