[FTC]: Issue in Get Over It! Rules?

[alphadog0309]

That's the natural conclusion you draw from the rules, but there's nothing else in the rules that implies that the game wasn't meant to be ruled that way... Ask the Q&A. I doubt it was a mistake but you can't be too careful.

well that is what i thought... the idea would be that the opponents batons would not draw a penalty but driving over your own might, which means that there would be a penalty if you dropped any batons. if this was intentional, it will really suck if you have a crappy alliance partner who drops their batons..... or you would have to build some method of sweeping batons up or out of the way or outright picking them up. the specifics of this rule would change certain strategies when it comes to alliance picking as well because a robot that never drops any batons would be a much better partner than a robot that has dropped some and become a liability to the other robots on the alliance.

read this rule from 2.4.4 <G10> states that The actions of an Alliance or their robots shall not cause an opposing Alliance or robot to break a rule and thus incur penalties. Any rule violations committed by the affected Alliance shall be excused, and no penalties will be assigned.

that only helps if you accidentally drive over an opponents baton but if you drive over your own then that means that you have broken the rule