Unscheduled Team Update: 3-20-2014

[Swan217]

Originally Posted by Oblarg

If that type of collision is illegal under the new rules, then all effective defense is dead. That was utterly mild - if that's not allowed, then if a flimsy robot is moving around, everyone else now has an obligation to run away from it.

These sort of statements make me wonder if people on Chief Delphi have lost their collective minds.

We're talking about RAMMING, people. Taking your robot from across the field & smashing it against a prone robot. This should NEVER be a valid strategy in FIRST. Come on now, we're all better than that.

You're saying you can't play defense without ramming. That is LITERALLY like saying you can't play defense in hockey without leaving your feet, or boarding. Ramming with bumpers is like helmet-to-helmet contact in football - Yes, the helmets protect your head from damage, but only so much. This is like saying you can't play defense in soccer without bodychecking your opponents. It's completely un-gracious & un-professional.

You're saying that engineers, in the smartest sport in the world, can't figure out how to play defense without bashing another robot's skull in? I have been in FIRST for 15 years, and I KNOW there are better defensive strategies than you give us credit for. I think my respect for Chief Delphi posters has gone down quite a few notches from not just this but MANY posts in this thread.