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Originally Posted by Mr.G
How can you call it a dubious(?) strategy? It was written plain as day in bold letters that once a game piece is scored it is scored for the remainder of the match. Also there was nothing in the rules that states that you can’t move your own game pieces.
Here is the deleted rule: Once a GAME PIECE has been released by the POSSESSING ROBOT (even momentarily) and is HANGING (e.g. it is fully supported by the PEG), it is considered to be HANGING until the end of the match.
The GDC needs to stop changing the rules in an attempt to get the game to be played how they think it should be played and let the game be played how they originally wrote the rules. I think it isn’t GP on GDC’s part to make changes to the rules that affect the design of robots this late in the season. They are saying we don’t care about the time and effort you put into this program “we want the game played this way”. I am fine if they want to clarify rules, but to completely delete them is not right. Also making changes with 3 weeks left is not acceptable. Thanks for wasting my time GDC.
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You had one rule that made your strategy legitimate, and one rule that made it is illegitimate. Why assume that it works one way and not the other? G<68> may have changed location, but the rule itself has always been there. You chose to ignore one rule by assuming that it was trumped by another. You should have sought clarification before deciding on such a strategy. If you had assume either way, at least assume the more obvious of the answers. In 2009 would you see it as a legitimate strategy to take balls out of an opponents trailer, move them to another trailer, and have their score count twice? of course not. It's the same thing here. It's pretty obvious that score were intended to be counted at the end.
It's all about intent, did you honestly think the way you were planning on playing the game was within the intent of the rules?