Competing in a Regional Soon ? - Watch out

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Originally Posted by orangemoore

How fair is it to have your robot not compete because someone's autonomous is intentionally(or not) written to run into the wall. It isn't fair to the team who can't play. Despite that team's best effort someone else's actions are what prevent them from playing.

It's really not fair to have your robot not compete because of this. I agree it is a huge issue for a lot of teams, but I don't believe punishing the team that did it in this scenario is the right response. I believe that it should be expected that this can occur, and teams should be prepared for this. Teams have to prepare for the game in all aspects. Having your driver station crash by being hit by the force caused by a robot prevents you from playing; having your robot break by bring hit by the force caused by another robot prevents you from playing. With the chance of a driver station crashing, causing the same effect as a robot breaking, shouldn't teams prepare for a robot hitting their castle wall as well as hitting their own robot?

Basically, I agree with this:

Originally Posted by ratdude747

Teams should know that the driver's station will be slammed, hard. Sorry to be blunter than a dull chisel, but since it was in a team update, this was more or less to be expected.