Human Player

[EricH]

Originally Posted by FrankJ

Absent any ruling of the GDC, Any touching of the other alliance's ball is going to be considered a deflection.

Just to satisfy my curiosity, where did you learn this? Remember, words not specifically defined in the Manual are to be defined with the English dictionary. A touch is not a deflection; grabbing and holding is not a deflection. Knocking the ball back onto the field or changing its course to miss all field reset if it was on the way out would be a deflection.

That said, I would tend to agree that not turning it over to the field crew on request would probably end up as egregious behavior, and thus be eligible for a card.


Also, to this time REALLY play Devil's Advocate on myself, and on my own Devil's Advocate, and hopefully put this to rest, or not...
G12 calls out that an Alliance may not Possess their opponents' Ball. The definition of Alliance calls out that it's up to 4 Teams. A Team is the Coach, Human Player, and Drivers, also from the Glossary. Thus, no possession by Human Player.

The only problem with this reasoning is that the definition of Possess specifies that it's for a Robot (only!). Thus, G12 is a moot point, as an Alliance does NOT include the Robot, thus a Robot may Possess the Ball of the opposing Alliance indefinitely...