Los Angeles Regional Finals Match Defense

[IronicDeadBird]

Originally Posted by bobl

This is quite a hornets nest. I have always felt that high speed ramming/tipping is not a defensive strategy but a strategy to disable/damage.

Consider a robot traveling the length of the field at full speed to hit (supposedly to defend) an opposing alliance member. Is this good defense or is it trying to cause damage? I am not saying that aggressive defense should be penalized, you can be aggressive without damage. This is way it is such a hard rule to enforce, was there intent?

On the flip side this punishes teams that scout out drive bases and drives in disruptive and not destructive ways.
If someone makes the call to full speed clip another robot in an attempt to spin them out to someone who doesn't know whats going on it just looks like a missed full speed tbone. To the driver it was a perfectly executed pit maneuver. Intent is truly a weird thing.