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Originally posted by Danimal
We have already had someone reference the page in the rules that outlines that alliances of this nature, while not clearly a violation of the rulse, are in violation of the "spirit" of FIRST.
I have read time and again how hard it is to have a stack survive a match and I have observed this to be true.
It is kind of sad because at the Hartford Regional there was one 6-stack all weekend long that survived a match and now I am wondering if it was legit.
I did not see the match and none of my friends complained. Did anyone see that match? Does anyone know if it looked like an alliance was in the works?
Best,
Danimal
Pit Boss
Hartford, '01, '03
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I was the driver for team 571 in that round, and I will say that the stack was completely legitamate.
We usually didn't stack during the matches because it was extremely easy for them to be knocked down. However, during that match one of our opponents broke down, and the other was being held up by our partner. The decision was made during the middle of the match that the opposition would most likely be unable to outrun our alliance partner (who were quite adept at blocking), so we booted up our stacker.
It might be important to point out that we made that stack of six by putting two premade human player stacks on top of each other, so that it took a great deal less time then if we had attempted to do it the old fashion way. Also, our robot was a able of protecting the stack internally (well, actually the stack is external but it is still protected by small latching mechanisms), so even if they were able to try to knock it down making a stack might still have been a viable strategy.
If anyone asks a member of teams 905 or 178 (our opponents), they will verify that no agreement was made.