Hey guys I haven’t been able to watch the regionals too busy working on our practice robot. I was wondering what penalty(s) have been given out the most
I’ve seen a lot of penalties on the payload specialist:
- for touching moonrocks before the match begins
- for touching/throwing super cells before the :20 mark
- for throwing super cells without any empty cells on the rack
- for throwing empty cells over the outpost shield
- for not using the tongs in the airlock
Not using the tongs has to be the most common (and most boneheaded) penalty I’ve seen this year.
Unfortunately for our alliance in the QF in Oregon, it was the reason we had a tie instead of a win and advancing to the next round.
Its heartbreaking when for two years in a row, we dont advance in an elimination match due to penalties.
- for breaking the plane of the outpost while inserting empty cells
drive team:
- for captain touching controls (ie driver wearing captain badge)
robots:
- (rarely) for a robot in possession of two empty cells (happened once in NY I believe).
- disqualification for detached trailer (only once in NY)
A majority of the penalties are by the Payload Specialists as listed in this thread:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75285&highlight=human+players