[Mr. Van]

Just so we don't forget our current good fortune, the new rule doesn't make any designs suddenly legal or illegal. It only changes what you can or can not do with your robots.

Exactly how referees are going to determine "the flow of the MATCH" is going to be interesting. If two alliance members are playing defense and blocking opponent robots while a third opponent is not functioning, is that stopping the flow? Does the answer change if the robots are all in the same part of the field?

I'm think this game will require a lot of gracious behavior on the part of teams and referees. I'd hate to be a ref who has to determine if a pin was under 5 seconds or just over 5 seconds. That decision will determine the outcome of the match.

At least they've not (yet) changing the rules AFTER the first regionals like last year, or in 2003.

Mr. Van
Coach, Robodox