This is a brutal game.

[Kevin Kolodziej]

This definitely IS a brutal game, without a question! The defensive aspect of the game is wonderful and keeps the matches extremely interesting.

However, this is quite a bit of what I would consider "unnecessary roughness" going on. When a team is getting pushed into the corner (while not trying to score) and gets wedged up on the ramp and a ball and is then repeatedly rammed after losing mobility, that seems excessive to me. When a robot has lost its drive system and obviously has no balls in its posession or any intention of gathering any and a defensive bot flies across the length of the field to ram that incapacitated bot, that seems excessive to me.

There are clearly defined rules for that sort of thing that are not being enforced. The quick turnaround time between matches (at least in the smaller regionals) leaves little time for major repairs. Yes, robots should have been built a bit more robust this year than in the past, but there have been some pretty clear examples in this thread of robust parts being rendered useless.

Kev