Rough Play in Rack N Roll

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Stephen Kowski

I mean it was so bad in practice matches thursday, not a game, not a game, we're talking about practice here we were triple, I'll repeat TRIPLE, defended when it was 2 vs 3.

Not knowing how appropriate or excessive the defense was, keep in mind that defensive teams have a right to practice their methods on Thursday as much as the scoring teams do. One would hope opposing alliances would cooperate to let all teams involved practice what they want to practice during Thursday matches without causing any robot damage.

48 and 1114's spirited practice match on Thursday at Greater Toronto is one example. We defend them "vigorously" in the first session, then we back off in the second session, let them score, then let them deploy their ramp in our home zone, and finally climb them so they can check on a new ramp feature. This is how the Thursday matches should be - have all six teams strategize together for maximum mutual benefit.

[Jared Russell]

Yesterday at the Philly Regional we saw a RED CARD! And it came without a yellow card preceding it.

Our robot had tipped, and another team gave it a bit of a (hard) shove. Was it intentional? I really don't think so. Needless to say, we were shocked at the result.

Luckily the red card didn't change the result of the match (which was in the semi-finals), but if it had (or if it had eliminated the alliance from the competition) I would have been really upset.