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Originally Posted by martin417
I did not say that defense was totally prohibited.
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OK, "totally prohibited" was probably an exaggeration.
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I merely said that the idea, the spirit of the game, and of FIRST, is to excel by achieving, not by preventing others from achieving (my opinion).
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An opinion not totally shared by everyone, but you are entitled to your opinion and to defending it. Well done in that respect.
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While some defense is legal by the rules, I do not believe that acting in a defense only mode, or intentionally damaging other robots displays gracious professionalism.
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I totally agree here. However I've rarely seen a team that is intent on destroying another team's robot. Playing physically, yes. Sometimes outside the rules, yes, and then we hope that the referees saw it as well. But for the 4 years I've been involved with FRC, I've not seen malicious destruction.