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Originally Posted by Donut
Luckily the GDC saw this potential situation coming, and threw that last sentence onto the rule:
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True, but I suppose there are a few questions:
1) "Pushing" and "ramming" have traditionally been defined seperately from each other, but I don't think they are this year. "Ramming" generally implied that significant, intentional damage would be done to the recipient robot from the collision, which is the situation I'm suggesting here. If a robot needs to be "rammed" in order to clear a path, is that different from "pushing," thus penalizable? From what I understand this year, no. Meaning, you're right, this hypothetical blocker bot could be legally "rammed" into submission.
but does that mean,
2) Is a "legitimately" tipped over bot that happens to block a lane of traffic fair game to be smashed into smithereens? I've seen helpless robots intentionally wrenched, and essentially snapped in two - effectively ending a very good robot's chance at winning champs... trust me, I don't think I could go through that happening ever again.