Originally Posted by Gregor (Post 1212675)

G30
Regardless of who initiates the contact, a ROBOT may not contact an opponent ROBOT

contacting its PYRAMID or
touching the carpet in its LOADING ZONE.


Violation: FOUL. If purposeful or consequential, TECHNICAL FOUL. If an opponent's CLIMB is affected, each affected opponent ROBOT will be awarded points for a successful Level 3 CLIMB.

Originally Posted by Gregor (Post 1212853)

Did teams really not know about G30? It is a key rule to this game.

Originally Posted by PayneTrain (Post 1212860)

I know since that's integral to my proposed strategy, but 1:48 AM me is kinda an idiot.

Originally Posted by Gregor (Post 1212853)

Did teams really not know about G30? It is a key rule to this game.

Originally Posted by mbarina (Post 1228216)

Can robots start hanging on the pyramid before the last 30 seconds

Originally Posted by Citrus Dad (Post 1211244)

Here's an assessment of this year's game's scoring:

Parameters:
- There are 72 potential points in autonomous.
- With 45 discs, the maximum points from fed discs is 135 points.
- Assuming that the colored discs are used at the end of the game, and most likely dumped directly in the goal after climbing the pyramid, an alliance can score 120 points on the pyramid. A single team can score 50 points by climbing and placing 4 discs. This procedure might even be easily automated.

Observations about likely outcomes:
- A single robot can probably score about 36-45 points in autonomous in cooperation with another robot feeding it. But most robots will score only 12 at best.
- We can expect roughly similar (or worse) teleop accuracy as last year's game. The best teams were scoring no more than 60-70 points in teleop, and most were less than 40.
- Unknown points can be scored with discs "owned" by the opposing alliance, but most likely, these will not be additive to the maximum available points.
- The floor will be littered with discs late in the game. This may affect strategies and tactics for the endgame.
- The best alliances will score 120 points in their endgame.

Given the parameters and observations, I expect the following scoring breakdown in the Einstein round:

- Autonomous: 36-45 points:
- Teleop: 60-70 points
- Pyramid: 120 points
- Total: 216-235 points

Note that the pyramid strategy has a high probability of reaching a full score in every match (unlike balancing 3 robots) once the climbing and placing tasks are mastered. On the other hand, the teleop scores will be highly variable and therefore riskier.