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Re: Drawbridge Technique: Legal or not?

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Originally Posted by Spen-curr View Post
Great observation!
Personally, I like to play it safe. The rule states that the judges can't award points if there is a feasible argument against awarding the points. I think that the best thing to do would be to build a robot that can cross the drawbridge without using this exploit, so that you can avoid breaking the rules. And considering the number of points that it's worth to damage a defense, I don't think that rule-challenging is worth it.
Of course I agree, having a real manipulator would be optimal, but sometimes it is simply not feasible to tackle all the problems a game throws at you in one bot. Using this strategy to clear the drawbridge would enable a team to focus their time on other mechanisms that can do other things.