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Ah, i thought this excluded group A. My mistake, thank you.

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I got something crossed on my replying, that was an irrelevant response by me.

Being that there are double of the DEFENSES (the audience selected DEFENSE being the same for both ALLIANCES) I would take that to mean there is a full set of DEFENSES for each ALLIANCE. Also, I saw nothing stating the DEFENSE selection is dependent on the opposing ALLIANCES selections.

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FIRST Frenzy: Raising the Bar was the most complex I saw in my years with FIRST.

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This looks like it's going to be a pretty insane game for all volunteers that are anywhere near the field. :yikes:

Refs are going to have an interesting time. I would guess, similar amounts of crazyness as Aerial Assist, in that there will be a lot going on, but it won't be happening at the same speed as AA

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It would be best for teams to ally with other teams in your area to build and host practice matches. This year more than any year. Shop practice, practice bots, practice matches and going to multiple events is a HUGE advantage!

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some of the defenses (gate and drawbridge) would be easy to breach from the courtyard side. Can you go through the courtyard side then reverse once you are in contact with the nuetral zone while still contacting the drawbridge or gate and then go back through to score a breach?

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Nope. You have to start free of contact with the Defense in the Neutral Zone.

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what if you come through backwards and then hold it open for an alliance team?

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They can go through and cross.

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Gates makes such treads... In fact, in 2010, one of my former teams (2783) actually got such treads donated in return for sponsor space on the robot. That was back in 2010 though, so things may have changed.

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So, on the line of the spy, what are the restrictions of movement? Can the spy move from the spy box? And if so, what about the person? The spy in itself has not really been covered in the manual, just briefly talking about it, can someone please explain further?

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You can't contact anything outside the Spy Box. That would include floor.


The Spy's role is to signal the alliance as to things they need to know.

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Ok, so on the line of that, so the spy bot can not be controlled once in the box, only in the round?

And, on the other hand, what is the advantage of having the spy bot? Is it required?

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the spy bot is not in a box, only a human player is.

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I am still really confused on the whole spy thing, it seems like a not needed thing, and if you move it out of it's area, you could get fouled on it, whats the point of it?