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Re: Team Update #2

I like that they clarified that disabled robots may be pushed out of the path of travel without penalty. This was a point of discussion on one of the threads here.

I dislike that they reused <G36>. The OLD <G36> was the height restriction on robots in the opponent's home stretch. Update 1 said <G36> has been removed. Update 2 says <G36> disabled robots may be pushed out of the way w/o penalty. I think that <G36> should have simply been gone, and the new rule should have gotten a new number, rather than reusing the number.

<G38> and <G40> regarding impeding a robot and "bumping to pass" are now only applicable during teleoperated mode. I think this is good, because I think no team would be attempting to implement a "bump to pass" during autonomous. It also opens up some potential defensive strategies which have been discussed elsewhere (i.e. blocking during the hybrid mode).

<G42> now applies the protection of a robot in the process of hurdling to both the robot and the trackball.

The inspection checklist has had "Robot Class" removed -- this was obviously just left in when copying from last year.

<T15> should make qualification matches go a little faster. During elimination matches, the higher seeded alliance can position their robots after the lower seeded alliance positions their robots; during qualification matches, alliances position their robots simultaneously.
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