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Originally Posted by northstardon
Check out rule 5.5.10.1.
If I am reading it right, the audience only gets to pick between the defense options within a single group, and the groups are rotated alphabetically. So we won't see the same audience selection round after round after round (despite what the biggest or loudest team might want).
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My concern is that scouting data could easily be used to find which defense among the two a particular team is good/bad with. Here's a hypothetical situation: Team A has 19 QP, and is the first seed. Team B has 18 QP, and is the second seed. However, although they aren't terrible, Team A isn't better than anyone else in the top 8, and Team B would much rather be with someone else. Team A, understanding their situation, is willing to scorch to ensure a win in elims. Both teams have one match left in qualifications. Now, let's say that Team B is a big team, and they know that in team A's last match, the audience decides the Group A barriers; their scouts know Team A is good with the portcullis, but terrible with the Cheval de Frise. So, Team B leverages their size, outscreams everyone, and gets the Cheval in A's last match, thereby influencing the outcome of a match they aren't even in.
All I'm saying is, I wouldn't have any hesitation in making big signs with the names of the defenses on them, and flashing them to my team to tell them what structure to cheer for.
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Originally Posted by GIrobotics
My team was thinking of using treads. Is there any place other than Andymark where we got get treads?
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Here you go, bud. I suggest the wedgetop.
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Originally Posted by FRC Warrior
Put a tall collapsable flag on your robot.
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I recall seeing teams use those fiberglass rods in 2013 as alignment tools, and they could flex to fit under the pyramid. I don't know if they'd be flexible enough for this, though.