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Originally Posted by Chris is me
Are you sure that the pinning rule only has 5 seconds of grace solely because of inadvertent pins?
The point I'm trying to make is that we shouldn't go "Oh, the GDC wants the game to be played like this, so intentional pins are bad", but that the rules should be read as written when discussing strategy.
I know my team will take full advantage of four second pins this year.
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We all say that the GDC is evil yes. But we are just kidding. This world still has morals, thus the reason that FIRST wants us to learn GP. How gracious is it to pin the other team for 4 seconds for a full minute? Morals are a big part of the rules. Where else did "Not in the spirit of the game' came from?
Even Disney's Pixar movie "Cars" understood this. The end scene, one car got destroyed because the ungracious attitude of another. Yet the main character which help him to still finish the race, was considered the winner.
So who would you respect, the team that wins; but was pinning the whole round? Or the team that lost due to being pinned, but never got mad? It's up to you.
I know I just laid a pile of "GP crap" in your lap. But honestly Chris, it's how I see it.
-Rion