Our answer to the long range shooter

[LoveRobots1425]

My team has been a fairly successful long-range shooter at our regionals. Our theory is that, even if we do get blocked, that occupies 1/3 of the other alliance. If we picked our elimination alliance well, they should be able to pull us through if need be, even if we can only make our autonomous, a few discs, and our 10 point climb.

Also, we did face teams that slapped tall blockers onto their robots...and some were actuated. A word of warning: it's a technical foul (20 points) for leaving your autozone when you are taller than 60". We had a match with tons of foul points because the robot defending us would periodically (presumably accidentally) leave the autozone.

[Jaxom]

Originally Posted by LoveRobots1425

Also, we did face teams that slapped tall blockers onto their robots...and some were actuated. A word of warning: it's a technical foul (20 points) for leaving your autozone when you are taller than 60". We had a match with tons of foul points because the robot defending us would periodically (presumably accidentally) leave the autozone.

It's only a Technical ⁿif continuous or repeated violations" according to G22. Otherwise, just a normal 3 point foul.

[Austin2046]

Originally Posted by Jaxom

It's only a Technical ⁿif continuous or repeated violations" according to G22. Otherwise, just a normal 3 point foul.

this was what we argued after our quarter-final matches at the Central Washington regional when we were trying to defend against 1425. in the first quarter final match we only left the auto zone at the end of the match to try to prevent 1425 from hanging and our drivers forgot to pull down our blocker all the way. we argued this should only be the 3 point foul because it was only this one instance, not repeated violations.
In the second quarter-final match we did cross the auto line extended again at the end of the match but we quickly retracted our blocker, but in this match we were still called for multiple 20 point fouls.

video of these matches:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaGdlRGwDXM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61KL9eYCsPk

I am curious, how have other regionals have been calling these fouls?