Ruling Consistancy in Houston

[Patrick Wang]

The way i look at it, if you build a robot with a wedge, that is legal.

However, if you choose to build a wedge, you are putting yourself in a grey zone, where the only thing judging what you do in the competition is what the referees see.

therefore, if you choose to build in the grey zone, you are taking a risk, and you should be prepared to accept the consequences of any ruling that may disqualify you because you have constructed something that is controversial.

This occured to my knowledge with the CheesyPoofs 254 and Kingman 60 with the Mesh grabbing feet. While they were allowed at Silicon Valley and Sacramento (for the poofs) they were called on for modification at the Championship. (Correct me if i am wrong on this, i heard this 3rd hand)

When I was watching the match, it looked clear to me that it was intentional flipping. (Whether or not that is the case is not really the question) but to a spectator is seemed obvious, and you should expect that a ref would see a similiar thing, (after all they are volunteers and not members of your team who would know that the panel "could not lift a battery")