Rules G-30 and G-18-1

[MrJohnston]

Jesse,

I disagree: G30 clearly states that any contact in the protected zone is a foul - regardless of who initiaties it or why. This is the purpose of a "protected zone." G18-1 is what confuses the situation for us - saying that we cannot employ a strategy with the sole purpose of causing the other team to foul us.

One thing that happened in Central Washington is that robots not quite tall enough to block us would get extremely close to us. Then, as we were trying to find that "magic spot" where we could feed Frisbees into the hopper and shoot them immediately, we'd bump the other robot - making it very difficult to get into position. Fouls were not called in these cases after the few qualifications.

We simply want to understand the rules.... It's a bit frustrating because we deal with them every match. Our kids built an extraordinary robot around the concept of full court shooting and we'd rather not have abandon our primary purpose over confusion about the rules. (A legal, stout defense is another matter entirely.)