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Re: When are you placing your spoilers? (Poll)

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Originally Posted by astephen68 View Post
One thing for Defense in the Rules they state in the lats 15 seconds you are not alould to go to opponet's homezone, so you really couldn't play defense in the last 30 seconds and for the lifting part some teams might go for the extra 15, 30 points or the team might place Spoilers you'll never know till compitition.
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Originally Posted by Rule <G03>
END GAME - The final 15 seconds of the TELEOPERATED PERIOD is called the END GAME. During this period, no ROBOT may be in an opposing ALLIANCE HOME ZONE. The intent of this period is to permit ALLIANCES to attempt to score bonus points without
undue interference. An audio signal will sound five seconds before the start of the END GAME period, and again at the start of the END GAME period.
Since the Home zone is defined as the 8 feet from the alliance wall outwards, you still have the distance from the Home zone to the rack, on the opposing Alliance side, to play defense. You wouldn't be in the home zone

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Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack View Post
I suggest strategic placing of ringers that does not allow rows larger than 3 or 4. Even if this means scoring in diagonals, it will take Spoiler strategies out of the equation.
If you take a look at <G54> you can only score in a horizontal or vertical direction. So you wouldnt be able to make a row in a diagonal direction.


I think that if you are a ramp bot, you shouldn't worry about the spoliers, the ramp bots' sole purpose should be to return to the home zone in the last 30 seconds of the game, clear an area to deploy...and deploy or get ready to lift. The job of placing the spoliers should belong to the other two robots. Spoliers should be placed when there is 30 seconds left in the game. and when there is 10 seconds left, abandon what you are doing and get on the ramp. if you are being lifted, probably should start heading back sooner.
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