[JVN]

[quote]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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Joe,
1. Since this seems to be the only strategy, I definitely believe it is allowable. While it may not be the most gracious thing, hey... we came to play! This is still a robot COMPETITION, and I wouldn't just sit down and give up. The only strategy to defeat such a robot is to harass them before they can attach...

2. Yes I would definitely employ this strategy. The only other strategy I can think of involves attacking the 3 GLD (after it has attached) directly in the hopes of damaging it somehow, or flipping it over (remember T3 being dragged along the carpet upsidedown in Cleveland?)

3. As alliance captain I did ask you to do something similar, and I wouldn't hesitate to do it. We built these machines to compete, and I feel we should use them! I don't like it when I hear people tell me "don't drive it, you might break it!" These robots, in my mind, aren't meant to be kept behind glass cases. I'd hit the god-bot with everything I had

~JVN