what type of robot will win the most?

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

Please quote your rule sections:

I think he was probably refering to <G42>

<G42> Protection While HURDLING – Neither a ROBOT in the process of HURDLING, nor a
TRACKBALL in its POSSESSION, shall be subjected to overt, blatant, or aggressive contact
that interferes with the HURDLING attempt. Each incident will be PENALIZED. Bumping to
signal to pass (see Rule <G38>) a HURDLING ROBOT is permitted if no passing lane is
open (see Rule <G43>). Incidental contact while passing the HURDLING ROBOT or
otherwise engaged in normal game play is permitted.

In the first sentence, aggressive is probably redundant, since it is already outlawed in <G37>. However, overt and blatant contact is also not allowed while in the act of HURDLING. To me, that disallows all contact based defensive strategies (IE push them so the shoot the ball into the crowd instead of over the overpass).

The only question is the last part of the last sentence "otherwise engaged in normal game play". Since pushing has been a part of normal game play in the past, does that mean it is allowed this year. It really comes down to a matter of interpretation, and I haven't really seen a clarification in the Q/A