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Originally posted by Joe Johnson
My question is three fold:
[list=1][*]Is this a legal/moral/gracious strategy against an otherwise effective 3 goal GLD Robot?
[*]Faced with an otherwise unstoppable 3 goal GLD Robot, would you employ this strategy?
[*]How would you react if your alliance captain asked your team to be the Kamikaze Robot?
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If your intent was to damage this robot, I don't think it's in the spirit of the competition. Of course, as mine would be, if your intention is to impede their performance by interfering with their strategy, I think it's perfectly legitimate.
Of course, I'd consider this a legitimate strategy against any alliance, whether they have an unstoppable robot, or something that's still highly effective at one thing or another.
So, to answer your second question. . . Yes, I would employ this strategy. In fact, I suspect that we (810) will employ it a lot. Our strengths lie in our drivetrain, so we'd be wasting an opportunity if we didn't use that advantage. Or at least, I think. We will *not*, however, seek to cause damage to any other team's robot.
To my thinking, there are, effectively, two variables in this year's game. Those two are, of course, the other robots. If you can govern their behavior, you can win every match.
Thirdly, I'd say, "Bring it on!"
Where you draw the line between malicious intent and strategy, though, might be tough to figure out. If a team said damage to my robot was unintentional, I'd be inclined to believe them, and hope that the tenets of gracious professionalism prevail.