View Single Post
  #2   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 29-01-2011, 08:43
Colin P's Avatar
Colin P Colin P is offline
MTU Robotic Systems Enterprise
AKA: Colin Putters
FRC #0857 (Da Yooper Troopers 3771, Unbolted Puppeteers 4363)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Rookie Year: 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 154
Colin P is a splendid one to beholdColin P is a splendid one to beholdColin P is a splendid one to beholdColin P is a splendid one to beholdColin P is a splendid one to beholdColin P is a splendid one to behold
Re: Herding and possessing

Quote:
Originally Posted by martin417 View Post
. One could throw or drop tubes in front of offensive bots, or in the extreme, an alliance could line up piece across the floor, creating a "minefield" where no offensive bot can cross without dropping it's tube. If said bot has no floor pick-up capability, they can not score.

\
I don't see this ever happening, nobody would put their game pieces up for grabs like that.
If a team did set up a "minefield", the opposing alliance would simply avoid it, score, and come back to midfield to pick up the tubes.
I also expect the refs to be relatively lenient with the herding rules. If you intentionally push it closer to your rack to put it in a better scoring position while holding a tube, yes, that should be a penalty. If you push it slightly as an attempt to get past it, I don't think there should be a problem.
Who knows, though, they could really be strick as to say absolutely no contact with another tube, however unlikely I believe.