[thefro526]

I've never seen a team that couldn't compete because they were capable of getting a penalty on thew field because, well, every robot is capable of getting almost any penalty on the field. (80" is the only one that is Dependent on robot construction) so basically If your robot can move, it can get a penalty...

The only penalty an Inspector can look for is the 80" rule. And that is only applicable in normal gameplay. I'd have to say just about every hurdler with an arm or elevator could violate that rule anyways if they were tipped.

IMO I think a lot of people are just upset with the penalties this year because they cost a lot of teams, including mine, matches. But look at Major League sports, they have penalties every game that decide a game. Moving 5 yards in football, scoring on a powerplay in hockey, a penalty shot in Basketball; every sport has them but they just get used to them.

My major complaint with penalties this year wasn't the penalties themselves but, the way they were called. In any sport a penalty is up to interpretation but, I watch some regionals call G22 by having a Millimeter of your 'bot cross the line and others where you have to almost go halfway across. So if the penalties were scored more consistently from regional to regional then I wouldn't have a problem...

Just my 2 cents.