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Originally Posted by pandamonium
What do people think about a rule stating that 4th robots have to touch the carpet in eliminations?
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That's been a rule at a lot of off-season events, and I think it only works with big, deep fields or where the outcome of the tournament doesn't really matter. I think it would be fine in a 100 team halfchamps division, but it would be awful at a 32 team district event or 50 team halfchamps division that don't have the depth to field 32 robots that can each meaningfully contribute to an alliance. Being required to field a robot that can't drive could be cool for that team, but could really hurt their alliance partners and leave a sour taste if it cost them a match that wound up eliminating them. I think it would also make it easier for the higher-seeded alliances with the top few bots to win events, because benching the 16th pick wouldn't tend to have as big of an affect as benching the 9th.