Karthik
February 24, 2016, 9:07am
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Ospreyluvr:
This past weekend, my VEX U team (ODU) competed at the Purdue VEX U Winter Vortex Challenge. During qualifiers, we faced an extremely formidable opponent, Worcester Poly technical Institute (GOAT). We had observed their strategy to be heavily focused on their lift, so we devised a strategy to try and block their small bot from getting to the lift. When it came time to lift, we tried to block their small bot, to which they responded by pushing us into their climbing zone. Our entire team urged our driver to leave immediately, which he did. After nearly 30 minutes of discussion (and of course not reviewing the video footage you will see below), the referee determined that because they would have won with the lift, we were disqualified from the match. I’m confused as to why we are disqualified when we were the ones pushed into the climbing zone. A link to the video is below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4CxJpmqF1ZYcVlreXJQTGdxNWc/view?usp=sharing
We ask you to please thoroughly read the VEX Robotics Comeptition Nothing But Net Game Manual and to please review the Q&A Usage Guidelines before posting in this forum. Specifically, please quote the rule or definition that your question is referring to.
Let’s take a look at the specific rule in question.
VEX Robotics Competition Nothing But Net Game Manual:
<SG11> Robots may not be in the opposing Alliance’s Climbing Zone during the last thirty seconds (0:30) of the Match. Furthermore, during the period, Robots may not contact an opposing Robot that is contacting a partner Robot that is fully within the volume of the Climbing Zone. Minor violations of this rule that do not affect the match will result in a warning. Egregious (match affecting) offenses will result in a Disqualification. Teams that receive multiple warnings may also receive a Disqualification at the head referee’s discretion.
The rule makes no mention of how a team ends up in their opponent’s Climbing Zone. You are not permitted to enter that Zone during the last 30 seconds of the match. Thus, you are in violation of <SG11> and should be disqualified if it was a Match affecting offense.