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Re: The Ultimate Game-Breaker Robot: 2012 Edition

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Originally Posted by cgmv123 View Post
If the GDC had known that teams were thinking about driving under the bridge (which I don't think they were, this only came out a few days ago), they would have given a different answer.
That's stupid. If that's what the GDC was actually thinking, then they're defining the game based on their guess of what teams would do when they read the manual rather than creating a set of specifications and allowing actual creativity and risk taking.

How can anyone blame a team for taking two Q&A answers and using that as design criteria?

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Originally Posted by efoote868 View Post
If the question was, "Since the ball ramp is considered part of the bridge assembly, will a robot sitting under the bridge on the ball ramp count as balanced?" The obvious answer is "No, stop lawyering the rules."
"Obvious" is an imprecise term.
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