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G210       *Don’t expect to gain by doing others harm. A strategy not consistent with standard gameplay and clearly aimed at forcing the opponent ALLIANCE to violate a rule is not in the spirit of FIRST Robotics Competition and not allowed. Rule violations forced in this manner will not result in an assignment of a penalty to the targeted ALLIANCE.

Violation: MAJOR FOUL. YELLOW CARD if REPEATED.

This rule does not apply for strategies consistent with standard gameplay, for example:

A.      a red ALLIANCE ROBOT attempting to climb their TOWER in the final 30 seconds of the MATCH contacts a blue ALLIANCE ROBOT.

B.      a blue ALLIANCE ROBOT is attempting to play defense on a red ALLIANCE ROBOT attempting to score into the HUB from within their ALLIANCE ZONE and pushes them outside their ALLIANCE ZONE.

This rule requires an intentional act with limited or no opportunity for the team being acted on to avoid the penalty such as:

C.      forcing an opponent ROBOT to catch FUEL by pushing them far from (i.e. more than 48.0in (1.22m)) the HUB exit to under the HUB exit to make them violate G408.

D.      a blue ALLIANCE ROBOT, pushing a red ALLIANCE ROBOT far from (i.e. more than 48.0in (1.22m)) the TOWER into another blue ALLIANCE ROBOT which is in contact with the blue TOWER and the REFEREE perceives that the blue ROBOT is deliberately making the red ROBOT violate G420.

Similar Rules

Rule G204
G204       *Letting someone coerce you into throwing a MATCH – also not cool. A team, as the result of encouragement by a team not on their ALLIANCE, may not play beneath its ability.
Rule G205
G205       *Throwing your own MATCH is bad. A team may not intentionally lose a MATCH or sacrifice Ranking Points in an effort to lower their own ranking or manipulate the rankings of other teams.
Rule G203
G203       *Asking other teams to throw a MATCH – not cool. A team may not encourage an ALLIANCE of which it is not a member to play beneath its ability.
Rule G416
G416       *This isn’t combat robotics. A ROBOT may not intentionally and/or recklessly damage or functionally impair an opponent ROBOT.