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Originally Posted by Taylor
Against my better judgement, I can say the precedent was set in 2010 when the GDC allowed teams to elevate from the vertical parts of the Tower.
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Originally Posted by pfreivald
That's an odd statement. It was never unclear -- the specification was that you are above the platform and not supported by another robot; they never gave any guidelines as to how. (Indeed, the only reason you had to use the tower is because it was the only possible way to do it, and not because of some rules specificity.)
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Agreed. However, as was stated before in this thread, all of the animation, pictures, promotional materials, etc. from Breakaway showed an elevated robot as hanging from the top, horizontal bars of the tower. That was clearly the intent of the GDC; when an innovative yet similar and exciting strategy was employed, they accepted it as viable without issue.