[Mike Carron]

OK Here's my take on the game for 2002. Let's see how close it is. The field will be setup about the way it was last year, except the center will be a ramp like in 1999. The format for 2002 is two on two with two stretchers. Each alliance HAS to put one of their alliance robots on the stretcher. They must move the robot/stretcher combination over a ramp to the other side to get ten points. Remember how hard that was last year. And guess what two teams will be trying to do this over ONE ramp that is 48" wide. Of course a robot can come off of the stretcher if he/she wants to, but then the other team will get 5 points for the unoccupied stretcher and you will only get 5 points (assuming you are in the end-zone) for just the robot. As for scoring, there will be only black balls worth five points each and ONE large 30" ball that can be put on top of either a blue or red goal -depending on your alliance color. That will get that alliance score x2. Get that-ONE ball two alliances! Oh buy the way, the final scoring will be... winning alliance gets their score plus the losing alliance score and the losing alliance gets the winning alliance score. Talk about keeping it close. That will really make you help the other alliance, just think if they got zero points then all the teams tie!!!! They would get the winning score and the winners get theirs plus zero!!. Anyway, chew on that for awhile. I can't wait until next Saturday wooohoooo. Mike Carron


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