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Posted by Tom Wible.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Coach on team #131, chaos, from central high school manchester and osram-sylvania.

Posted on 7/19/99 8:32 PM MST


In Reply to: MrB Vs. JJ posted by Joe Johnson on 7/19/99 7:45 PM MST:



Way to go Joe! I think you just said what I've been thinking all along, but in a more eloquent way.
Most of the people I talk to about this issue, agree: if we are here to tip, let us know. Don't tell us after we've built the 'bot,
that tipping would be a major part of the game. A lot of money and time go into these things to change the philosophy midstream.
The real question is: will next year's rules be open to interpretation? Will tipping be 'not in the spirit' but very present.
While I'm on a roll, let me mention another sticky issue that many overlooked. If a robot pins another robot to the rail using the puck, climbs the puck, now the weight of the robot on the puck prevents escape, is that pinning?
Just another weird situation that was never really mentioned in the rules. We experienced both sides of that issue this year. Clarification would have been good.
It seems that with a new game every year, it is very difficult to write the rules to cover all of the possible situations. F.I.R.S.T. does do an excellent job though. As well as the judges at Rumble, a very good job.
'Nuff said

Tom Wible
(psyched for 2000)


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