Did anyone else see it this way?

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Originally Posted by Cory

However, seeing as they never attempted to score in that match, they should never have even raised their arm in the first place. The fact that their arm was raised all the way in the air, and contacting 233 outside of the bumper zone, while not attempting to score is illegal anyways.
conscious decision to use their arm to play defense.

It was not a conscious decision to use the arm for defense. The arm was raised due to the design of our "wrist". The wrist locked in place once the robot started moving and the arm was raised so that it did not hit the floor. If you watch to the matches you will notice that the arm pretty much stayed in the same place once it was raised.

I agree that that could have been called for a penalty even though it was incidental. Regardless, 177 won the match by 14 points so it would not have affected the outcome.