pinning being called consistently?

[rich2202]

Originally Posted by EricH

Immediately on being pinned. WHETHER the team was, in fact, pinned, is rather debatable. Obviously, in that particular ref's judgement, they were.

If your robot is blocked in the batter, that is a pin. Regardless of whether there is contact. No different than if the robot is blocked into a corner. The purpose of the PIN Foul is to allow robots have the potential to move freely.

"WHETHER the team was, in fact, pinned, " is easily resolved during the PIN count period. By the time you get to "2", it is usually pretty obvious if it is a PIN or not. If not, then the PIN count is waived off, no foul, and the robots are free to continue.

PIN does NOT require intention. The mere fact that the Robot is blocked in (and it is easy to block in a robot in a 3-sided closed area like the Batter) creates the PIN.