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Re: IRI - 2015 Rule Modification Ideas?

The clearest change is to eliminate litter points aside from scoring in RCs, and perhaps penalize them crossing the step. Maybe even eliminate litter altogether, but I think removing these incentives to throw them across the field is sufficient. As mentioned, banning entry over the wall eliminates some of the best ways to score them in/on RCs. Another possibility is to allow over-the-wall entry in all of teleop (one less thing for refs to watch).

I also get the suggestion to skip rules concerning the alliance station, since this is another thing keeping refs needlessly busy. Removing the chute door is intriguing as well, but seems a bit extreme, and perhaps unsafe.

I like the limits imposed by the upside down totes and the small number of RCs, in fact I find these to be integral components of the challenge. Making sure the rules don't discourage going for the extra RCs (within the bounds of safety) will make the high level matches that require these RCs very exciting - at the very least for the first few seconds, and then also to see if the alliance can really pull off that many stacks.

Auto totes however, are kind of a pain after auto. I'd also say eliminate coopertition for the IRI and allow these as part of stacks.

Obviously removing the step entirely is never going to happen.
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