Thread: How many people like bumpers?
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Unread 18-01-2008, 18:49
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Re: How many people like bumpers?
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Originally Posted by 1086wulf View Post
Bumpers encourage bumping. I think there should be no bumpers. They increase your footprint and really don't do that much. The robots are made out of metal I mean come on what's gonna happen?
It is what it is.
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You may have joined FIRST post bumpers. I can remember games before bumpers and metal is not impervious to damage and rough treatment. Neither are the other parts of the robot that are attached to the metal. The GDC members are reflective of what young people on FRC teams aspire to be and they know what they are doing. If they make a rule that says the bumpers are mandatory this year, I would wager it is for good reason and we will begin to understand that reason more fully as the competition season begins to play out and we have 6 robots on the field along with those mammoth balls.
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