Time-Outs, Give it or keep it?

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Jack Jones

The intent of T-19 was implied by their mention of an alliance completing their repairs. If that was indeed their intent, then perhaps they should have been more explicit, so that we would not even try to wiggle our way around it.

Agreed.

The GDC has a very tough job because there are a lot of very smart people out there looking at the rules.

I understand the intent of the rule, however, I Like many others want to beat our opponent when they are at their best. Winning because your opponent is broken (possibly through no fault of their own ... or even possibly because of MY team) does not make for a good spectator sport, which is what FIRST needs in order to change the culture.

In fact, I would go so far as to say I'd rather lose in the finals, and have used my timeout for my opponent, than win with my opponent having a broken 'bot. The reason is because I believe we've already won by that point ... and the competition is the celebration of our hard work and learning over the 6 weeks. to do otherwise, IMHO, lessens the gains we make and opens up the 'win at any cost' mentality.