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Re: Sitting on top of tubes

We actually tried setting a 120-pound robot on top of a pool ring this afternoon to see how well it worked.

Mostly, it didn't.

The pool ring seemed dangerously close to bursting, so we didn't put the entire weight down. The robot was very unstable, and would likely have fallen over had we let go of it.

This is definitely a question for the Game Design Committe, but even if "field element" doesn't include "game piece", I think it would be extremely hard to make the idea work reliably.