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Re: Team Update #9
It really sounds like the GDC is clarifying their intent for how LOGOMOTION matches are to be played...
From G48A:
"A ROBOT with a mechanism outside of its BUMPER PERIMETER may be penalized under this rule if it appears they are using that MECHANISM to purposefully contact another ROBOT inside its FRAME PERIMETER."
It sounds like the teams that have made mechanisms that extend out of the bumper perimeter to defend against other robots have had their designs ruled against! I'm sure it would've been valuable to know this intent earlier in the season... :-/
Somehow, I'm not too surprised, though... Over the last several years the GDC has carefully made the rules to limit defensive strategies - I was afraid these innovative ideas would be made illegal. Perhaps it is for the best... The combination of the ease with which defense could be played and the motion of the rack in 2007 made many matches generally low scoring.
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Last edited by Nathan Streeter : 08-02-2011 at 18:50.
Reason: G48, not R48
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