[rcmolloy]

Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence

Colour me unimpressed. I feel bad for the teams who built floor loading mechanisms. How could they not have seen this?

They should have enclosed the field more. End of story.

I hope this is fixed very very soon. If not, I know exactly what kind of robot will win a world championship this year.

-Nick

I bet 469's strategic team bought the celebratory champagne (sparkling cider for others) right after the announcement.

On another note, this shouldn't kill gameplay at all. If you have a floor pickup mechanism, you have a much better chance of seeding higher than most of the teams at your competition if utilized well not only during autonomous but teleop as well. Having that one extra component of your robot that can do something most others cannot is just a plus in my opinion.

Trust me, I'm not even upset at this at all. That's a little surprising for me though since I have been trying to figure out the floor pickup problem with my kids for about 4 to 5 weeks. If you're looking to get ahead in the game before everyone else you will most definitely have some way of getting frisbees off the ground and into your robot.