I totally agree with the reason the rule was enforced. Thank you for upholding the integrity of the judging.
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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol
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  |
Yeah......that was us...
I heard about that one when they got back. We would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids..er...judges!
But in all seriousness I would not be happy with winning because of a controversial call. Changing the rules during a game is wrong; thank you for not doing that, as hard as that may have been.
And I am really happy with our finalist award. My autonomous last year made sure we didn't make it past quarters--wish I had video, but the robot took off at full speed (~15ft/sec)--it was supposed to shift down after .5sec--and nearly smacked into another robot (causing me to get balled out by a judge...
) and ending its short-lived high-speed journey smashing into the other side of the field dramatically, throwing the main battery a few feet out of the holder and causing the robot to freeze in place for the rest of the match. Gosh, that was fun to watch...
Wow, that got off-topic. Sorry...
JBot