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Re: Defense, It's still here.

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
You did just wake up. You're IMPEDING across the entire track and have possibly exceeded the 80" cylinder. You have six seconds from the first "let me through" tap before the ref flags start coming out. (There is also the possibility of high contact penalties.)

Assuming you sat there all match, that's 120/6-1=19 possible for impeding, plus 1*#high contact, plus 1 for the 80", maybe including a disable and/or DQ. 20 penalties minimum at 10 points apiece=200 penalty points minimum, not counting high contact.

The purpose of the above math is to help ensure that no one tries this at home or at regionals.
I'm not suggesting that you block the entire track -- only a portion of it and only above the overpass. My suggestion of a crab drive as an ideal drive train for this is precisely because you'd want to be able to strafe back and forth alongside the overpass since you cannot, obviously, block it all at once.

You are not impeding anyone so long as there's room for them to get by. Our robot's take up only 3' of the available 13', so unless there's a serious mess down below the overpass, it's exceptionally unlikely that you'll genuinely be impeding anyone from getting by. If you bump into me and the field around me is wide open, don't expect me to move anywhere.
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