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Unread 08-11-2002, 21:42
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Originally posted by dlavery


Maybe a kiddie pool in the middle of the play field as an obstacle? In the game, you can choose to ignore it and go around it. But if you make your robot water-tolerable and go through the pool, you get some major point advantage in the game.

All the Navy-sponsored teams would have a real advantage!

-dave

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"I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known."
- Walt Disney
That idea brings new meaning to the phrase "taking a dive".

I too was at that legendary scrimmage, playing hookie from work, er developing contacts for possible future business. It was interesting that tracked robots seemed to have the most trouble. They had too much "float". Though the TechnoKats treads wouldn't have had any difficulty.

As I recall there were one or two instances of magic smoke escaping towards the end of the day. That wasn't necessarily due to the water though. I know we all used "illegal material" (cut up plastic bags and duck tape) to provide protection for the electronics. I was surprised it worked as well as it did.

My old BeachBot hat made a pretty good umbrella too!
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