BTW, as it stands right now (still looking very forward to the promised Litter Rule or scoring changes, hopefully this Tuesday)....Litter TNA Collusion does not even take 6 teams to actually collude...It takes only 2 single team members (or 2 Coaches directing 2 human players, 1 from each alliance in Q1 or anytime later)...And everyone thereafter, must either do so and follow suit, or risk lower QA Points Averages at the end of 10 Q Matches are completed.
See my recent post about "Immediate 10 Litter Hogging/HPZ Campout" during Auto in the TNA Thread.
There are so many possible nuances & possibilities concerning points scoring & overall game strategy with this particular game, that it is amazing. It is a whole lot more than just building stacks and vision hampering walls right in front of yourselves. Keeping track of where you are vs. the competition will not be easy to say the very least. If you do your jobs right....You won't even be able to see your competition a minute and a half or so into it. (Build outside inward folks).
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Off Topic here;
And for those who will be putting cameras up on poles above their driver consoles (easily done using a webcam software on the laptop without using the FMS I'd think)....I hope they also saw the other Q&A question & answer also about the possible use of clamps on the driver console shelves, and allowing clamping their consoles to the shelves (The answer was basically that it was "OK as long as it does not damage the shelf"), as I certainly hope we do not see the teams step back behind the lines (you are usually there for more than just 15 seconds, but controlled behind that line at least 15 seconds during auto), and all those poles, cameras, and driver consoles come tumbling down on top of team members heads repeatedly!) Since FIRST says it is OK, I have nothing to say.
But, that is just asking a whole lot of a simple velcro strip IMHO, and the glue that holds it onto both surfaces,...some painted, some wood & the other myriad of materials used on the consoles.
I can just imagine your own robots during Auto slamming into that Alliance wall (because of speed & reversed code entered among other things, the shelves are directly attached to that wall), and an avalanche of driver consoles w/ poles & cameras all up high, come tumbling down while you are not looking up, but watching how your robots are doing during auto through the glass 3~4 steps back, or worse, while the whole crew is stacking those totes right outside the Human Player Zones for later use.
Teleop Period would gain a whole new meaning if you were all using the precious time to P.U. and attempt to reconnect to the field or even worse, all those damaged cameras/LCD's/controllers/ & hard drives possibility. (hint: If your laptop has an accelerometer hard drive parking capability internally,...always make sure it is installed software/driver wise, and turned on or active). Don't think it cannot happen....(It does often enough without poles or cameras up high attached to them).
And we thought they dropped consoles before, or it was a fairly tough or uncomfortable pc. to carry around. LOL. Not yet!