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Re: Defense, It's still here.

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
You still get an impeding penalty because you are slower than they are and moving to block them. And you may still get high contact penalties.
Quote:
<G40> IMPEDING Traffic – ROBOTS shall not intentionally IMPEDE the flow of traffic around the
TRACK. A ROBOT will be considered to be IMPEDING traffic if it is preventing an opposing
ROBOT from proceeding around the TRACK. A ROBOT can be found to be IMPEDING
traffic if:
• the ROBOT is traveling slowly relative to the approaching ROBOT, and moving to
prevent the approaching ROBOT from passing, or
• the ROBOT is stopped on the TRACK and there is no clear lane of passage for the
opposing ROBOT, or
• the ROBOT pins an opposing ROBOT against an arena element, border, or another
ROBOT
It's clear that if you remain stopped as you block their hurdle -- and there is a path around you -- you do not satisfy the second condition of <G40> and are not impeding anything. Moving sideways may constitute an impeding violation if you're very generous about what it means to "prevent the approaching robot from passing." Until they've bumped me, I cannot receive an impeding penalty and if they're attempting to hurdle, they will not bump me.

Again, this makes very little difference to me. There remain a number of rules which, in my opinion, are too reliant on the subjective judgement of a referee.

I can't be impeding a robot intentionally unless I know that it's trying to get by me, and I can't know that until it makes an attempt at such or "bumps to pass". A robot 20' behind me may have every intention of passing me as it catches up to me and I might be weaving back and forth in an unrelated action and there exists every opportunity for a referee to interpret that as impedence. That is unsettling.
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