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Re: Team Update 1-15-2013

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Originally Posted by BJC View Post
I really don't see a reason that both virtical and robot oriented cylinders could be legal. The only thing this could possibly result in is a greater varience in design and more robots climbing for 30-- which are both good things.

Regards, Bryan
Not to try and delve into the heads of the GDC members, but I believe they changed the rule so that it was reasonably policeable. You cannot within reason attempt to replicate the orientation of a robot that was hanging in the air with a cylinder that is perpendicular to the ground. However, you can very easily re-position a robot on the ground and see if it fits into a cylinder relative to the robot itself.

Making it so both configurations are legal would negate the purpose of the rule change to begin with, or so it would seem.
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