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Originally Posted by DareDad
Yeah, I know what you mean. The concept of hunks of plastic that passively direct totes tied to a robot being considered "tethered subcomponents" seems to violate much of the spirit of the game.
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I think you're being too strict about this. In years past the rules prohibited you from detatching parts of your robot into the field. There were usually rules about how far outside your frame perimeter you could go as well. This year however, they removed those restrictions. They want to see teams be creative with what they can compact into that transport config. If a team detatches part of their robot onto the field, it still has to be attatched to their robot in some way. That limits their maneuverability to the limits of their teather. It also adds risk of their alliance partners running over the teather.
When it comes to leaving hunks of plastic on the field, I think that's entirely the spirit of the game.