Intentionally tipping and disabling your own robot FTW...

[Libby K]

Emphasis mine...

Originally Posted by eagle33199

I would hope the judges would treat such a blatant disregard for gracious professionalism rather severely.

Originally Posted by keen101

The judges have a little panel that tells them everything. It also has disable buttons for them to use.

Last year, the judges claimed our robot's power momentarily spiked, so they disabled it. We were out an entire match. We never did figure out what went wrong. Our robot worked fine after too.

Originally Posted by Glooper

Wait, the Judges can tell how much power is going through your robot? 0.0

I know this is a really unrelated side note, but reading this thread, I've noticed so many people saying "Judges". Please remember the difference between a Judge and a Referee.

Many judges (blue shirts) don't actually SEE matches until all their decisions are done. They're on the field for opening ceremonies each day, may watch a few matches, and then retreat back to the Judges' room to debate who gets which award.

The referees (zebras) are the ones on the field, watching every match and every team to make sure gameplay is fair and the spirit of FIRST competition is maintained.

It's a minute note, but it does make a difference. However, if teams do something really, really against the spirit of FIRST and Gracious Professionalism, rest assured that the judges DO find out about it and consider it in their decisions.

Sorry for the tangent, but that's about it.

$0.02 -- given.