an evil, desperate, ramp strategy

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Originally Posted by Stu Bloom

IMHO ... Many people are talking about tipping or certain defensive strategies being "anti-GP". Gracious Professionalism has NOTHING to do with competing on the field, and everything to do with how we act off the field. During a competition you play to win ... WITHIN THE RULES. That is why there are competition rules, and referees to interpret and enforce them.
Most of the time it is extremely difficult to judge "intent" and/or "Strategies aimed solely at ... ". As an experienced FIRST referee I would say "let them play" unless there is a specific rules violation, or unless I feel there was CLEARLY and UNMISTAKABLY an intent to do harm.

Im sorry but I must contend that GP is all about making a game fun and yet it still be competitive. Your actions on the field are a direct reflection of how you act off the field. Saying that your actions are completely different on and off the field tells me that 1) your either putting on a show for the judges or 2) your bi-polar.

The intent of the game is to prevent the scoring of points not to destroy robots and tipping a robot with motors spinning at 4000 rpm on a shooter with bets a gears whining at top speeds is a danger to all people not just the robot! Yes guards should be in place but those are 100% reliable. There is always that chance that something could go wrong. I agree that robot will fall over this year attempting to go up the ramp but I truly hope that it is not done by another robot.

And on a personal note, It is refs like you that cause me so much pain to see my robot get bashed up during a match by multiple rammings from another robot. By your logic any robot with bumpers will be able to take a hit. But that doesn't mean there won’t be side effects.

Last year we won Buckeye because our opponent had the same exact strategy that you have. Even there alliance members didn't like what they did. It is a sad day when FIRST turns out to be another Battle Bots competition.

Thats My 5 cents because 2 cents is worthless in this case.