Thread: Drive-over penalties still being called
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Re: Drive-over penalties still being called
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Originally Posted by Raul View Post
For those of you out there who are just saying - don't run over a ball. Have you played yet? Do you know how difficult it is to not ride up on a ball when it goes against the bump and you do not even know it is there and you give full throttle to get over the bump? Try it. Unless your robot has no opening at all to let the ball in for kicking, it is very difficult.
Amen. In week one we saw the exact same scenario as did many other teams - regardless of some major design differences. Here's to hoping this gets ironed out. I appreciate the way 111 is handling a tough situation, but I'm wondering if the refs shouldn't get an opportunity to drive robots on practice day and play the game (alright, this'll never happen, but I think it might be a real eye opener to some). :-)
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