Some thoughts on rules, refs, and ranking

[Stephen Kowski]

Originally Posted by John_1102

The senario in the image I have created here is what I understand to be the meaning of "blockading" the field. It sounds like to me that some refs don't understand the proper meaning of the rule.

I'm not sure this image contains enough context to make the sort of bright line rule assertion you want.

I assume R1 is driving back to the blue alliance side to shoot frisbees, but who knows. Is B2 lining up for a hang? lining up for a shot? Did B2's battery die and they are just sitting there?

The GDC has not clearly defined all corner cases with explicit examples. In fact, they have empowered the referees to use their discretion in a variety of situations.

So in the manual we have a two sentence description on blockading (G25) and in the Q&A we have all of ONE question on G25 (Q491). What is the answer?

.....We rely on the judgement of our Referees to make this decision in each MATCH......

Your assertion that 'some refs don't understand the proper meaning of the rule' seems like a hasty generalization to me. I would imagine they understand the rule but have made a judgement call that you disagree with. If you want more bright line rules go talk to the GDC, not the refs.