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Did someone notice the bananas on the field drawings?

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I bet they tried but may have found the shipping of those containers to be a problem.

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1. The order in which anything happens does not matter, since the points are scored at the end of the match. It will be much easier to score litter on a grounded bin rather than putting it on top of a stacked bin.

2. Yes, the human player can load the litter into the bin that a robot is holding.

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Why are the game pieces getting so big? Where are we supposed to keep the recycle bins and totes in the pits?

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I really like this game for a few reasons.

1. No bumpers + elimination of most robot size constraints. We're going to see some really interesting and unique robots this year, the likes of which hasn't been a part of FRC in over a decade. If people thought that most robots in 2014 looked the same, this will be the year of massively different (and potentially just massive) robots.

2. Little direct interaction between the two alliances. For a stacking game, this is a must. Anyone with memories of 2003 remembers what a stacking game without protected stacking areas was like.



Last year was a very defense heavy game, so it's refreshing to have a very offense heavy game.

This also means that generally most of the "rules of thumb" of FRC can be thrown out the window and you can use a blank slate this build season (or at least re-evaluate every thing). Generally most years, you design and build a drivetrain and chassis, then put the robot on top of that. This year you can design your mechanisms, then stick your drivetrain around it.

3. Relaxation of more robot rules. Unlimited Mini CIMs? Yes!

4. Hugely varied game elements and objectives. Coupled with #1, this will lead to a huge diversity in robot designs, along with specialization of strategies. The lack of defense also means that most teams who build robots that work in their shop should also work on the field; in most other years robots struggle with even the slightest bit of defense.

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Did VexPRO lobby for that rule? :D

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I think the community including Vex wanted more mini-cims.:ahh:

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I didn't see any rules limiting the number of game pieces a HP can touch. Nor did I see any rule about two HP's touching the same game piece. But I've just read the rules so far, I haven't studied them.

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The rules seemed kinda rushed this year.

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What makes you say that? To me I think they put a lot of time into the rules and making sure they made sense (other than the noodles)

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I think the major source of entertainment for the audience is going to be watching robots get demolished by falling boxes. A solid plastic eight pound box falling from a 5' height is not friendly towards unprotected electronics.

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Is that a pun I see there?

I think the game with be very interesting and I can't say I don't like the idea of removing win/loss records from the competition to even out the field a bit. There are quite a few ways (and that's just the ones discussed among my team) to go about the game and I'll be interested to see what everyone come up with this year.

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Well, when they said that change was coming, they weren't kidding. the new rules on scoring are sort of confusing but at least we don't have to worry about an outrageous amount of defense now :)

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I looked ::rtm:: and didn't see them. Screenshot it so I can see, please.

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Is that good or bad? Or more precisely, what do you mean by "rushed" in this context?

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I'm also a senior this year and I completely agree with the not a throwing game idea. It was old for this year;s seniors who have had nothing but throwing things into things games.

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I think this video is pretty much going to sum up this years game... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLwXF-eJ0Y8