FRC Blog - It Wasn’t Against the Rules

[BigJ]

Originally Posted by Mr V

Well they did use their time out before the 3rd match of the finals and it was a serious hit from one of their robots that caused the damage that needed to be fixed. So the time out was going to go to "waste" if it wasn't used at that point and while you may not be able to say that the damage was solely their fault they certainly played a part in it.

I think the concern (at least for me) is if I am an alliance captain and an opponent breaks down without a timeout after, say, Finals 1. I would really want to save my timeout because you never know when a DSC could decide to fry itself or whatever, and I hope I wouldn't be considered a jerk for holding the timeout.