Do We have a trend here?

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by SwaDan

Whatever the intent of the rules are, if you break them then you should be penalized. It doesn't matter if you're an inch into the goal or a foot, you're still violating the rules. It's like when you're driving, whether you're going 5 over or 20 over you're still breaking the law. The intent there is to stop unsafe fast driving, yet you can still get a ticket for only going 5 over. Thus, the call must be made.

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Thanks for the explanation, SwaDan.

I completely support the way the plane breaking rule was enforced at STL, and it seems you were applying the same standard at GLR. Teams must consider the potential hazards to HPs, and the consequent standards that field officials must apply during competition, when designing their robots for the tasks required by a particular game tactic. The standard for protecting HPs must be higher than the standard for protecting robots.

[SF fans will recall that this policy is consistent with Asimov's 1st Law of Robotics.]