Rosie stuffs Thrust

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Originally Posted by MamaSpoldi

Speaking as a member of Team 230 a partner of Team 1501 in that alliance, I must agree that if it was completely legal they would not tell you you would get a red card next time.

I must disagree. The reason it is not illegal the first time is because the Referees don't expect the drivers to know whether Robot A is going to get stuck in the goal when Robot B pushes him in.

The reason it IS illegal the second time is because the Referees expect you to understand that essentially removing a robot from the competition by pushing them into a goal after you KNOW what the result will be is thoroughly un-GP and can be ruled illegal a couple different ways.

In this case they were playing defense solely to disable the other robot. Pinning is one thing - shoving them in the goal and planting them there is another. There was no ball, they weren't trying to keep them out of the goal. So the second time around, it clearly should be a red card (once they know the result of putting that other robot in the goal).