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Originally Posted by Deetman
I don't think much will change as far as attempts to block in elims go, but I don't think I saw a single team in qualifications even attempt to slow 225 down. That is where I expect to see more attempts.
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We actually talked about building one of our alliance partners in Q15 into a blocker to use against 225. I can't remember our exact reasoning (may have been that we were working on our own machine) but we decided against this.
It's worth noting that at least 3 teams built blockers going into the CH Elims. Of those three, one was a fabric netting, another wood and the third was a polycarb sheet on a pole. The fabric netting was quickly broken, the well constructed wooden blocker added too much weight to the robot it was on and leaded to it being too 'tippy' and the team with the polycarb sheet sacrificed the ability to go under the pyramid to add the blocker.
I guess my point here is that 'throwing a blocker on' is a bit more tricky than some people think - especially to do it
legally** and without compromising some other machine function.
** See T08:
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T08
At the time of Inspection, the ROBOT must be presented with all MECHANISMS (including all COMPONENTS of each MECHANISM), configurations, and decorations that will be used on the ROBOT during the entire competition event. It is acceptable, however, for a ROBOT to play MATCHES with a subset of the MECHANISMS that were present during Inspection. Only MECHANISMS that were present during the Inspection may be added, removed or reconfigured between MATCHES. If MECHANISMS are changed between MATCHES, the reconfigured ROBOT must still meet all Inspection criteria.
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