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Originally Posted by pwnageNick

There would be two ways to approach it: either something that almost all robots would be able to accomplish with their current designs, or something challenging that teams would have to engineer their robots further to accomplish. Either option is poor...

Maybe make something in between the two, so some robots can already cross it easily, while others would only need small changes. There could be different defenses depending on what teams competing at each offseason event are capable of.

Originally Posted by paunatime

I mean we can just make teams use the team versions since its way more safe.

Yes, team versions of the portcullis would be much safer(most likely), but durability would be an issue. I've seen wooden ones break very quickly with little robot use.

Originally Posted by pmangels17

Potentially, yes this could disadvantage teams, but by adding a defense that could be pretty easily traversed by most drivetrains in FRC this year, I would wager that for the most part it would be a non-issue. Plus, it's the offseason, which is the perfect time to try out fun stuff like this without hurting anyone's chances at winning a blue banner. I think it'd be really fun to see something like what a lot of people have proposed. The defenses could still be static if that makes things easier on field crews, but the added twist might be pretty cool.

Agreed. That's part of what the offseason is for IMO; trying things you didn't get to try during the regular season.