Update #15

[Dillon Compton]

Originally Posted by Heretic121

yes it is a good addtion but if the bot gets pushed in they get DQ'ed while the opposing bot may get NOTHING a PENATLY or a DQ... its not a 100% DQ.... not good IMO

I dont think that a bot that was pushed into a corner goal will be DQ'ed. It seems to me the intent of the update was to make it clear that ramming other robots into the goal will not be tolerated, and in the case that it is clearly a defensive 'bots fault, that bot will be penalized.

I view this to be much like the "high ramming/high contact" rule of last year- technically, if two robots arms were extended in the air and contacted in an overly vigorous score/defense struggle resulting in a tipping bot/unsafe & unsportsmanlike play, both would be penalized or DQ'ed...in practice, however, it was the bot that shoved it's arm in there and instigated the contact that was typically penalized, not both.