[Travis Covington]

Originally Posted by Budda648

The problem is that they weren't intentional in the least. I was right there in on the sideline for those two matches. In sf-2, 107 hadn't moved their arm from their middle row scoring preset, so there couldn't have been intentional tipping with their arm. However, there isn't sufficient evidence in the video to support either opinion. In sf-3, the second match in which 254 tipped, 254 had gotten hung up on the rack trying to hang a tube. What happened, and is clear in the video on SOAP, 107 had just missed placing a tube and at the same time 254 was trying to place one on the same leg and 107's arm was stuck on the leg, when 254 started pushing on the leg it didn't move and they tipped over. There was no contact between 254 and 107 with their arms.

I'll go ahead and agree with SF2-3, but it was clearly contact outside of the bumper zone in SF2-2 that caused 254 to tip, whether it was intentional or not. I too was on the sidelines, and it was as clear as day to me. They were 5 feet away from the goal, neither robot anywhere near scoring position, and 107 had their arm straight out parrallel to the floor, extending a solid 18" outward from the front of the robot. It doesn't get any more clear than that. It has nothing to do with it being intentional or not... their arm was pointed straight out, and they proceeded to drive forward playing defense against 254. Clearly a pentalty at the very least, and more appropriately a DQ. The soap video only shows this contact for 1/2 a second or so, but it's there none the less.