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Originally Posted by Kimberly
I do understand having the 10 point penalty near the finish line, because it would prevent a robot from continuously going back and forth trying to remove the other team’s ball, but when a robot was trying to make a turn and had to back up because they misjudged the corner, they were then assessed more penalty points than they probably earned doing laps the entire match. That made absolutely no sense, especially if no other robot or a ball was near them at the time.
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Kimberly,
Try to look at this from all possibilities and remember that it is unfair for refs to have to try to judge "intent" of a robot - they can only judge what the robot does or does not do.
Consider this: Lets say that two alliances play to a tie score. The red alliance drives all of their loops without ever crossing back over any lines. The blue alliance crosses over a line or two (accidentally or not - we can't judge the "intent" of the driver while watching the match, we can only guess what it was). I would argue that the red alliance in this case deserves the win as they were able to follow the rules as given (fair or not)
Keep in mind that the rules aren't created to hurt any teams/alliances. They are challenges that need to be overcome. Rather than get upset about the rule, the better route may be to plan how you can avoid the penalty in future matches.