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Originally Posted by JBotAlan
I would've liked to see the "if you're touching the wall you don't get the bonus points" rule pulled; that always seemed like a stupid rule...but I'm only sore about it because that was a deciding factor in the first finals match...with us being decided against  . |
Sorry, the committee that came up with the rule changes missed that one. And then when it happened the first time, we had no choice but to disallow points, because that's what FIRST's rule said. We didn't like it, but we had to be consistent. It should be the referees' discretion as to whether the robot was leaning against the wall for no points, or just touching the wall. (Rules mods for future off-season events, take note.)
I recall two instances in the knockout rounds; there may have been more. In one case, 107's ramps had a flap of polycarb that was supposed to go between the ramped robot and the wall, preventing the condition - but the flap didn't deploy on one side of the robot, and the ramped robot touched the wall. Another time a bot was touching the glass, despite the drive team's efforts to pull on the alliance station. Actually that only made the decision easier, the refs could clearly see the touching as the wall moved back to contact the robot
