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Originally Posted by SuperNerd256
That would be fun for the prepared teams, and hilarious for the audience, especially when the unprepared teams don't have a hanger that can grip onto the arch. Watching those slippery, low fraction hangers hang those heavy robots, and having the robots slip down the slope would be hilarious! I bet we'd see teams who'd have wheels on their hangers so they could scoot towards the middle, and push other robots down the arc.
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I'd suspect those wheeled-slider teams of being 237, 1266, 868, and 330 (2004's "slider" class of robots--64 isn't around, except as a full-on rookie). I'd also suspect that 190 (another bar-blocker) would come up with another way of making sure that other teams don't stay up. If, of course, the payout was big enough.
Actually, I think it looks like some folks want some modifications to
2004!
For those that weren't there: knocking a pair of (10-point) balls off of stands at the side of the field in automode released a flood of 5-point balls from over the driver's station. The bar to hang on was 50 points, per robot. (Any remaining balls also flooded down at the 30-second mark of the match.)
So, let's have some fun with this. I'll just use 2004 as a base and add devilish twists:
Minibots have separate tracks on the outside of the field. They knock down the 10-point balls. The catch? Minibots must be deployed autonomously.
The bar is replaced by an arch. The catch? Top spot is not worth the most points; the spots next to it are. Oh, and you're judged by the lowest point value that you're in contact with. (I'd also say that the lowest spots are not worth the least. Just to keep life interesting.)
Stationary goals are replaced by mobile goals. Mobile goals remain as well (4 total,
not assigned to either alliance). Possession of a goal at the end of a match gives 5 points plus whatever's inside that goal. (Possession can be dealt with later--I'm thinking something like the 2002 possession rules, maybe 1999.) The platform is replaced by a low ramp all across the field.
Robots are now allowed to fill the goals, but balls must be out of the robot's possession below the 4' mark. Humans may also fill the goals.
As for the doubler ball, it just got bigger--the trackballs from 2008 should work quite well (or throw in a tetra or bin just to be different).