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Unread 07-01-2008, 09:47
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Re: Defensive Strategy - cornering opponents ball

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Originally Posted by BrianD View Post
hmm...
Lets say you were cornering the ball. If one or two opposing robots came up beside you, so together you were all blocking the track, could they then bring in another robot and bump you to pass?
<G40> ....
Note that a ROBOT is not IMPEDING traffic if:
• there is a clear “passing lane” around the ROBOT, or
• the IMPEDING ROBOT and the approaching ROBOT are from the same ALLIANCE (i.e. a ROBOT can not impede another ROBOT of the same ALLIANCE), or
• the ROBOT is in the process of HURDLING (except as noted in Rule <G43>).

My interpretation of this rule is that you are not impeding if the clear passing lane is blocked by the other alliance. They can't simply declare you to be the one who is impeding by bumping you.
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