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Originally Posted by MasterChief1732
If you watch the robots carefully, 1114 was never pinned against the rack for 30 seconds. Team 48 backed off every once in a while and towards the end 1114 was sideways against the rack and could have driven away. It is unfortunate that thier arm came off and there was a scoring problem, but what happened cannot be changed.
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By the original wording of the rules, you are (partially) correct; any small amount of backing off before the 10-second mark ended the count. (I've called it that way myself, however much I didn't like it.) However, at the drivers' meeting on Thursday, it was stated that the pinning count would not stop until the pinning robot had backed off a full 3 feet for a full 3 seconds, which I'm quite sure was not the case. Also, the orientation of the robot is immaterial; pinning a robot sideways is still pinning, which is defined as "inhibit[ing] the movement of another ROBOT while in contact with a field element or border".
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Originally Posted by MasterChief1732
The result of this match should not end in ill feelings towards other teams since we all know this is just a game and there is always next year.
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"It's just a game" is not a catch-all excuse for inappropriate (and here I am wording myself
very carefully) behaviour. And while we will most certainly be back in full force next year, that's no reason that we should be denied a fair chance at the big prize (well, second biggest prize) this year.