Thread: Rule G22 needs to be changed
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Unread 01-03-2008, 08:08
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Re: Rule G22 needs to be changed
They are taking an incredibly hard line on this rule, and it needs to be modified.

I watched a number of matches where a robot crossed a line, turned to proceed onwards, and back corner of the bot crossed the line again when they turned. Instant penalty.

When a rule is broken this much, clearly unintentionally, then it needs to be changed. The spirit of the rule is to prevent backwards motion of the robots - against the flow of traffic. The letter of the law is making it very dangerous to do any maneuvering. MANY times it's being broken because bot has to back up to get away from a wall, etc that they've been pushed or bumped into.

I agree with Dave. This rule is deciding way to many matches, and needs to be changed to penalizing a bot that FULLY crosses back over the line. Then all these small unintentional crossing penalties that are having a major impact on the final scores would be mitigated.