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We have finally finalized the rule changes for the Gitchi Gummi Get-Together!

We are making a change to rule G38: Driving over or getting stuck on a boulder while holding another is not a violation of G38, as long as there is no intent to move it in order to score points.


Change to 5.4.4: In the event of a tie in playoffs, the match will be replayed, not decided via 5.4.4.


We have also decided to add 15 seconds to the Teleop portion of the match. This is for a couple of reasons. The tower strength is permanently raised to 10 from Worlds, and we don’t want this competition to be terribly competitive. The 15 seconds will hopefully help teams bring the tower down despite the raised strength.


Because of there being only 18 teams, there will likely be about 2 matches between each team’s matches. An additional 15 seconds per match will give teams a little bit more time.

To help with the tower strength, we have also increased the amount of boulders that can be stored in the Castle to 8.

We have a request to make! If any teams have practice robots they could bring to compete, we would be very grateful! Yet another team has backed out. We would really like to have 18 teams here, and it’s getting late enough we don’t want to force more teams to make time in schedules. If any team has a practice robot from 2016 that they could bring to compete, that would be VERY VERY helpful. We can’t make the schedule until we have a finalized list, and teams keep backing out. Any teams willing to do this can PM me and I will send you our team captain’s email so you can get registered. If necessary, we are willing to waive the 200$ fee for the practice robot.


Note: All teams registered: Please DO NOT back out! Your team made a commitment to this event, and we can’t make the schedule until the list is finalized!