A "Dangerous Situation"

[kenavt]

Originally Posted by Adam Freeman

In once of the matches, I think F2, 217 did get inbetween us and 2337, and ended up bumping us. They got a 3pt penalty, we asked the Head Ref if that should have been a Tech fouls...and we were told 2337 pushed 217 into us, and if any Techs were called it would have been on 2337 for a G18-1.

The specific 217 move Adam mentions. You can see that we actually do bump 217 slightly into 67 when trying to beat them into the front position, which knocks 67 slightly out of position for shooting. It's zero benefit to us to knock them into 67, as Adam said, and we would likely get a G18-1 ourselves.

This interaction seems like the most similar situation to what Joe S. was describing. Also agreeing with what Adam said, in this situation the best solution would have been to move 2474 out of the way by driving around them, like we attempted to do before 217 left.

This season in Michigan, I've seen it ruled as Jared described, or with a 3-point penalty handed to the intruding robot (217 and 2474 here). I have not seen many G18-1's being assessed, possibly as part as a product of the district system. Playing with the same teams over and over (although we hadn't seen 2474 or 2054 yet, we had played at a competition with 67, 217, 469, and 3539 already this season once) and the relationships that are created with that create an friendly, respectful atmosphere, I find.