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Originally Posted by ThirteenOfTwo
Teams that tried to play defense on robots with high traction by getting between those robots and the goals sometimes ended up with their robot pushed in instead of the ball, effectively neutralizing the entire alliance's defensive capabilities. Maybe the next update should have something to do with this...
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The GDC created the dimensions of the goals and of the robots. They designed in the lip on the goal. They wrote the one defensive robot rule without an exception for an incapacitated robot. I don't doubt that they knew that it would be possible for a robot to be pushed into a goal and that it would eliminate the defense.
The game animation warns that tipping is possible and should be considered in robot design. If in the eyes of the referee, a robot in intentionally tipped, it should be called.
All teams had to make design decisions. Some build very agile machines, some build more for power. Using a football analogy, the agile bot would made a good defender for a wide receiver. If it goes in over center on a goal line stand trying to stop a fullback, it is the wrong player for the position.