We discussed the Choke-hold robot idea today, and we see 2 flaws with it:
The first flaw is debatable: Intuitively, this is not the way the GDC intended the game to be played. The reason you should care is that they have the ability to change the rules at any point, including AFTER build season. (see HighRollers in 2008 for an example of this)
The second flaw is a bit more powerful. Consider Rule <G4> (emphasis added):
Quote:
DRIVE TEAMS may not extend any body part into the FIELD during the MATCH.
Momentary encroachment through the hole in the HUMAN PLAYER STATION behind the BRATTICE while placing a BOULDER into that hole is an exception to this rule.
Violation: FOUL. Violations of this rule are likely to escalate to YELLOW or RED CARDS rapidly (i.e. the threshold for egregious or repeated violations is relatively low)
Blue Box:
Examples of egregious violations include, but are not limited to, walking onto the FIELD during a MATCH or intentionally reaching into the FIELD and grabbing a ROBOT during a MATCH.
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Our interpretation of this is that a human player may insert his hand into the BRATTICE while holding the ball, and then throw the ball
UP and possibly also diagonally. The ball would most probably not enter into the choke-hold robot, and the strategy defeated.
The height limit means that the robot can't block the brattice, so this would always be possible.
Thoughts?
-Leav