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Originally Posted by irishninja
What if we had to play on lexan????
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That would be cool, but I don't think FIRST would do it because falling robots could crack an entirely lexan field (and don't say lexan won't crack, it happened at the AZ Regional in 2004 and took a good 15-20 minutes to repair). Moving field elements would be very interesting to deal with, but I don't think it's feasible due to the delays that could occur from broken field pieces.
Good point on the not changing height limits, this would force teams to prioritize what they wanted to go for; I think GDC should try to design one of the future games so that it is almost impossible to design a robot that can do everything.
I remember a team doing that as well, it was in 2003 (Stack Attack, there was a low bar on each side of the field next to the gigantic ramp). The team's autonomous mode was to actually drive in reverse and push their opponent into a wall.
On the bridge note; what if you get points for having a robot under the bridge at the end of a match? Or going under gave you a direct route across the field, where as the bridge would take longer? Then put in a high target as has been said, so teams that don't go the short route have their own advantage.