This is a brutal game.

[Jeff K.]

Originally Posted by yodameister

We tried extruded fiberglass, but it bent too easily

I'm not sure, but doesn't fiberglass just shatter?

Originally Posted by sanddrag

We severely cracked and bent the faceplate of a small CIM motor.
Is this game being played rough at your regionals? Are ramming or destructional strategy penalties being given? I haven't seen a single one.

We also had destroyed a small cim motor from competition and tweaked our chassis. The front 1/8" 6061 T6 (I believe) aluminum tubing that protected the collector got bent and that tweaked well...the rest of the chassis. It had also made the chain for our collector lose its tension and become loose enough to come off during a match. Besides that, the rest of the support members weren't square any more and so pretty much, all in all, our bot was tweaked, but still could drive and collect, so I'm happy for the most part. Nothing really all that major.

The defensive plays of hitting other robots and pushing them around, whether it be around the field or even on the ramp, are all legitimate plays to prevent robots from getting balls into the center or corner goals. I remember during the semifinals and finals, the game play was getting pretty rough and there were a lot of parts that teams had been dropping around the field like sidepanels and even chain. I heard about a team losing a motor.

There weren't any penalties being given at BAE for unnecessary roughness, but there is one new rule in update #15 about hitting robots while they are dumping balls into the corner goals.