Start of Match

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Matt Krass

Keep in mind the placement must be eyeballed and quick, you can't stay out there and carefully line it up. Refs are also allowed to give it a turn to disrupt any robots facing a goal directly, so don't plan on always facing the goal.

Matt, maybe you should check the rules again. You can use placement/alignment devices all you want without the ref turning the bot, as long as said devices stay on the robot the entire match. If you use one that is not on the bot, then the head ref will reposition the robot. If you are aiming straight at the goal and your alignment devices are on the robot (or just the robot), the refs can't do anything about it, even if they don't like it.