Okay at this point I'm becoming a Lunacy apologist.
I'm not a fan of G14, but FIRST didn't just suddenly start punishing extreme wins. Look at the Ranking Points system in general.
It really sucks to be absolutely blown away by a team. I don't agree that the rule should be implemented, but I can see the point of it.
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Originally Posted by 233 Busman
-If even one bot was pinned, you could stick a fork in your alliance, becasue your match is over. You lost. I watched all of the Newton division (except finals), the Curie finals, and Einstein, and it seemed that once a bot was pinned, their alliance probably lost.
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Clever engineering solves this problem. Look at stuff like the Thunderchicken's shooter, teams with crab drives to escape pins more easily, or general rotating turret designs. Being pinned was the primary reason I supported a turreted robot, and it paid off: In one match our robot made 10 moon rocks while pinned!