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Originally Posted by Derek Bessette
If my interpretation is right, this would not only be a yellow card offence but would earn the alliance a 10 pt penalty for impeding.
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I don't think so, Derek. I think the necessity of "bump to pass" and "6 seconds" would still apply before a 10-point penalty would be applied. Since that was the intent of last week's update - to remove the penalty in Hybrid when the robot couldn't respond to a bump - I would think there would be no penalty in the home stretch either. The Yellow Card is for going against the spirit of the game. Or as we say in soccer (*), for bringing the game into disrepute.
Of course, I thought the "move 3 feet" strategy was legal as long as the whole width of the track wasn't blocked. I guess I can be wrong too.
* - who is the soccer ref on the GDC? Yellow and red cards last year, impeding this year. Maybe we'll see prohibitions against deliberate handling in some future game - or penalty kicks.
