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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV
I quickly read through the rules like I would a real FRC manual and took notes. Some of my questions are useful to this exercise, and some of them clearly aren't (there won't be FTAs on this field). Some of the questions I ask in the notes, get answered later on the manual as I kept reading.
Here are my notes. I like game rules in general so take my notes with a grain of salt, I get that a lot of the questions don't need answers for this CAD challenge.
Overall I like this game. The two end games is a neat idea it gives something for a plowie to do during the end game.
We'll have a football game one day and I wouldn't be mad if we got some variation of this game at some kickoff in the future. Nice work. |
Thank you for the compliments, and thank you for the notes you've taken. We agree that there are some very valid concerns in there that will affect the majority of teams, and we'd like to get them cleared up as soon as possible.
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How do the balls get out of the field during the auton shooting, there seems to be space behind the goals, do they only count if they clear the driver station?
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If balls do not clear the field then there is no need to clear or re-enter them. They will simply just sit in the place where they've fallen. The only requirement for the balls to be scored is to make it through the Goal Post.
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How do you determine in a different zone, completely or just touching it?
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We did not clarify because we believed that out of the many ways of interpreting the location of each zone and which you are in, any possible method you can think of will be a valid one that will not give one advantage over the other.
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What is the mobile goal base made out of? Is it perfectly round? Weight?
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The mobile goals are made out of Lawrencium and are as round as we can get them. The weight was an oversight, but they should weigh in at around 50 lbs.
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Will hanging intertubes interfere with the ones above and below since there is only 18” between each peg.
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The CAD says no so I say no.
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24 pegs on each goal for tubes, and 33 tubes per team
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The pegs are long enough to hold two tubes.
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Rules about pinning goals? Field barricade / flow of the game rule?
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Teams will need to consider goal control as an active part of the game alongside scoring.
Like you said, many of your comments were greater related to if this were a real game, and since it is mainly a design a strategical analysis exercise I've skipped some of the notes in an effort to not make an extremely long post or to crowd the thread with information that may confuse teams. That being said your analysis was so thorough that if the chance comes I would love to see you be a member of the FRC GDC.