Thread: Increasing tower strength for Championships.
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Unread 18-03-2016, 09:44
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Re: Increasing tower strength for Championships.
A lot of good rule change suggestions here. But I am opposed to any change that creates a situation in which robots qualify under one set of rules, then compete under a significantly different set of rules. The tower strength change was built into the rules from kickoff, so I'd be completely ok with that. IMO, it should be changed to 10. But any of the other changes suggested in this thread would be unfair, and may actually hurt the Championship (because robots were designed to a different set of rules).
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