Bad Call?

[akeisic]

[quote=Feisty_one;609164]
Has anyone actually backed their robot up to a ramp to keep it from dropping? Would that be considered contact above the bumper zone if the ramp hits your robot?
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The refs could DQ the robot that back up to the ramp. Rule G38 prevents the intentional entanglement of opposing robots. It's the blocking robot's intention to become entangled with the ramp bot.

While I see scatterring tubes in your opponents home zone as a viable strategy, I hope no one delibrately interfers with robots deploying ramps during the end game.

[Feisty_one]

Agree on deliberate entanglement, but what if my robot occupies the spot where the ramp needs to fall (I have not made contact). If the ramp drops on me, who is the offender? I would think the rampbot, since it initiated the contact. I certainly would not recommend this as a tactic though.

[Scott team 48]

Originally Posted by Feisty_one

Agree on deliberate entanglement, but what if my robot occupies the spot where the ramp needs to fall (I have not made contact). If the ramp drops on me, who is the offender? I would think the rampbot, since it initiated the contact. I certainly would not recommend this as a tactic though.

That would be a yellow card worthy offense I believe, because to apply this strategy you would have to occupy the opposing home zone during the end game period.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Scott team 48

That would be a yellow card worthy offense I believe, because to apply this strategy you would have to occupy the opposing home zone during the end game period.

30 points. It wouldn't be carded unless it was done multiple times. See the LSR quarterfinals for a use of this strategy and the aftermath.

[GaryVoshol]

Let's review. You have one robot. It has many parts. All the parts are connected to the robot. If any of those parts are supported by a tube, the robot is supported. It's that simple. And that's how the GDC has ruled.

Without that ruling, you would have the complication of deciding how much of a robot has to be supported before the whole thing is considered supported.