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Originally Posted by EricH
It's still <G61>. NO PENALTY. Team 2 made a legitimate defensive maneuver, taking a gamble that they wouldn't be pushed in, and figuring that there would be no penalty if they did under <G61>. They lost the gamble. Still no <G61> penalty. It's legitimate defense.
Good defense: getting to where your opponent wants to go and trying to keep them out.
Great offense: Going to where you want to go despite any defense, doing what you were going to do there, and doing it again.
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This answer of NO PENALTY makes sense, but... what is required to happens next?
Does the offense bot need to back up quickly and allow the defense robot to quickly exit the offense zone on the path it came in (assuming it can move in that direction) and would remain blocking the offensive bot's path into the zone?
(Thus, the defense bot "wins")
Or if the offensive robot does not back up but just waits, then is the Defensive robot going to be penalized for not clearing out of the offensive zone by skirting around the offense bot? (Thus, the offense bot "wins")
I expect this Sumo confrontation to happen quite often and the rules are not clear to as to obligations of the two opponents involved after the zone line is crossed by the defense bot under the pushing of the offense bot.
I'm not sure what the GDC has in mind for this one. Typically, questions are ruled with deference to offense. But I think this one is tricky.
I'm curious if there is an obvious answer in the manual or from previous years.