unique strategies that worked....... or didn't

[JamesB3467]

Originally Posted by Branden2648

and even if it was us we had no intentions of causing any harm.

Hate to join into this, but I felt I had to after that. At our UNH district, Northeaster District, DCMP, Worlds and even Battle Cry, 3467 fell to many penalties like this. Having two-sided pickups are great, but it almost doubles the chance for contact inside the bumper zone. There have been quite a few times where we are either taking a shot which requires one of our arm to be out, or picking up a ball and backing off from defense and another robot has intentionally hit us causing our arm to go inside their bumper zone. Most of the time. we could get out of the situation cleanly, but there were times where our arm caught on pneumatic tubing, surgical tubing, etc, and caused damage to their robot. WE NEVER INITIATED CONTACT, NOR DID WE HAVE INTENTIONS TO HARM THEM. Even when I would try to explain to refs that they had rammed us while we were stationary or that their design is asking for this to happen, most of the time we would loose the fight and end up losing the match. Never once did we intend to cause any damage, and never did saying that get us out of the penalty. 2648 (or whoever for that matter) may not have even caused 125's damage, but saying that it was not intentional will NEVER get you out of the penalty and out you in the clear.