How important is Autonomous

[JesseCRN]

If autonomous isn’t a consistent wash at high level play, it will decide the Championship.

Agree. Autonomous is HUGE this year.

[Rswsmay]

Ramming and pinning in autonomous is legal right? As long is it is not on purpose?

Ramming is not defined in the game manual, however rule [FONT=Helvetica-Bold][FONT=Helvetica-Bold]<G11> spells out what is considered non-acceptable strategies. The entire rule needs to be read, however here is a small excerpt. [/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Helvetica-Bold][FONT=Helvetica-Bold]**… **[FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica]**Teams who partake in solely defensive strategies will undergo extra scrutiny in regards to <G11>. **[FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica]In the case where referees are forced to make a judgment call on interaction between a defensive and offensive [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Robot[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica], the referees will err on the side of the offensive [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Robot[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica].[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica]If your intentional strategy is to ram another robot, and as a consequence you cause damage, you may be subject to the referees applying this rule against your team.[/LEFT]
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[FONT=Helvetica-Bold][FONT=Helvetica-Bold]<SG4> … [FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica]There is no penalty for [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Pinning [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica]during the [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Helvetica-Oblique][FONT=Helvetica-Oblique][FONT=Times New Roman]Autonomous[/FONT]
Period[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica].
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[JesseCRN]

Ramming is not defined in the game manual, however rule [FONT=Helvetica-Bold][FONT=Helvetica-Bold]<G11> spells out what is considered non-acceptable strategies. The entire rule needs to be read, however here is a small excerpt. [/FONT]

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[FONT=Helvetica-Bold][FONT=Helvetica-Bold][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica-Bold][FONT=Helvetica-Bold]**… **[FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica]**Teams who partake in solely defensive strategies will undergo extra scrutiny in regards to <G11>. **[FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica]In the case where referees are forced to make a judgment call on interaction between a defensive and offensive [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Robot[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica], the referees will err on the side of the offensive [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Robot[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica].[/FONT][/FONT]
[LEFT][FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica]If your intentional strategy is to ram another robot, and as a consequence you cause damage, you may be subject to the referees applying this rule against your team.[/LEFT]
[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica-Bold][FONT=Helvetica-Bold]<SG4> … [FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica]There is no penalty for [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Pinning [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica]during the [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Helvetica-Oblique][FONT=Helvetica-Oblique][FONT=Times New Roman]Autonomous[/FONT]
Period[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Helvetica][FONT=Helvetica].
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Thanks for clarifying this.