I think a team meber said it best when I explained the rule to him..
him --- "you are kidding right? what? you aren't?
A suggested way to solve the problem -- Have zip ties hanging down, or string to contact the loading zone"
.. what does this do...??? it's obvious to me that cuting 20 pieces of 1 inch string protect all field attendents and all the viewers of Nasa Tv who see robtos will frilly things hanging off the front of robots..
If first is going to do this.. I suggest they put a pressure pad conencted to a light that turns on if you are on teh loading zone...
Otherwise imagine this....
Team blue1 is clearly not on the loading bay.. but they aren't going to get a penalty.. they proceed to pick up a tetra from the auto loading bay... team red1 notices and slams them at 12fps..... Team red gets a 30 point penalty...
But why? Because the ref had enough common sense to make more sense of a rule that has little.. but because of that.. he must give the penalty to red.
Imagine another ref that doesn't penalize red... must he then penalize blue?
Who knows what happens... FIRST really needs to rethink this --
And the baseball analogy... when a baseball player is on a base he just sits there.. he goes to the base to avoid being tagged out..
When a robot goes to a loading zone... he doesn't just sit there (auto loading zone) he attempts to perform a task.. the baseball analogy is just irrelevant
So here is my analogy.. My fiance calls me... I'm in another girls house!!!
She asks if I'm at her sisters house.. I say no.. only because I jump up in the air (I'm not touching her hosue.. ergo I'm not in/on it
</rant> I guess I just have a problem with things not making sense
Post your thoughts pls
