Low Goal Defense

[RRLedford]

Originally Posted by TheMadCADer

In this case it would actually be the other alliance being penalized. You can't force another robot into taking a penalty.

The question would be who is forcing the result to happen. That could go either way. If your bot is defending mine, and I try to shoot past you, but ball sticks in your robot, are you saying you won't be penalized, because my bot forced the penalty on yours by merely shooting?

Unless my shot was not headed toward any valid target, that would be an unlikely ruling, and I suspect my bot pushing ball into low goal with your bot's appendage preventing scoring would also yield penalty to your bot.

I guess the critical factor is whether your bot remaining stationary during any contact with ball absolves your bot of receiving any penalty. If so, then it seems like a seriously good defensive strategy.

-Dick Ledford