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Originally Posted by sanddrag
This is quite odd. I mean, there's a lot of rules that we can say "are part of the game challenge" but, this is like the "gotta touch the triangle" thing of 05. It is gonna add ugliness to a fair number of robots out there. If it isn't dangling strings from their front frame rail,it is ugly sticks rising from their centers. I think this is probably aimed at discouraging teams from fielding a rolling box whose soll purpose is to get in the way of other robots, but if a tall stick satisfies this requirement...
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I agree with you 100%. I like to see good looking robots....but with a random stick out of no where to hold a flag? I understand the reasoning (ok...only a little) But it especially complicates the design of robots with ramps, as now teams need to place their flag holder somewhere, and hope a team driving up the ramp doesn't take it out.
Last year we had to go to home depot and get PVC and make a new flag holder because ours was an inch too short. Seriously, like it was going to affect our performance....maybe we would have been first seed instead of second if we didn't have that inch....