Best Way to Get Points

[kjohnson]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

I love your signature nukemknight. Last year in the end-of-year invitational we were up against a poorly balanced robot. They were defending us and when they went from backwards to forwards quickly their front end would lift off the ground 6-8 inches.

They did this to us several times - the end result was our bot was disabled by the end of the match - radio receiver shatter, air system destroyed, electrical board guarding broken off. And no pen given.

I'm not sure exactly what stemmed the rule change after the first weekend of regionals in 2005, but I have a feeling that it was the intentional tipping that happened at VCU in the tournament. 616 was tipped by 539 in the semi-finals, then 539 also tipped 401 (I think) in the finals. There was nothing that could be done about it at the time because there was no such penalty.

Originally Posted by EricH

Not last year...I can think of one case on Curie where a robot got a 10-pointer and a "fix the robot" warning. That said, the ref certification course should solve the inconsistency issue, so that won't happen again.

That cert course is what I have been looking for since I joined FIRST in 2004. If this course for the refs doesn't fix the problem, what other options does FIRST have to ensure fairness?