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Originally Posted by Tom Line
I love your signature nukemknight. Last year in the end-of-year invitational we were up against a poorly balanced robot. They were defending us and when they went from backwards to forwards quickly their front end would lift off the ground 6-8 inches.
They did this to us several times - the end result was our bot was disabled by the end of the match - radio receiver shatter, air system destroyed, electrical board guarding broken off. And no pen given.
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I'm not sure
exactly what stemmed the rule change after the first weekend of regionals in 2005, but I have a
feeling that it was the intentional tipping that happened at VCU in the tournament. 616 was tipped by 539 in the semi-finals, then 539 also tipped 401 (I think) in the finals. There was nothing that could be done about it at the time because there was no such penalty.
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Originally Posted by EricH
Not last year...I can think of one case on Curie where a robot got a 10-pointer and a "fix the robot" warning. That said, the ref certification course should solve the inconsistency issue, so that won't happen again.
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That cert course is what I have been looking for since I joined FIRST in 2004. If this course for the refs doesn't fix the problem, what other options does FIRST have to ensure fairness?