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Re: Robocoach signals loophole?

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Originally Posted by eagle33199 View Post
I thought of an interesting "loophole" in the rules...

A remote like the Logitech Harmony series allows you to program some of the buttons on the computer. Now, the GDC wants you to have 1 button push correspond to one action, with a max of 4, and they don't want you to encode longer messages by pushing multiple buttons, which rules out the idea someone had of using encoded messages to help stave off interference from other teams.

But what if you programmed a remote to send multiple number messages for each push? You only use 4 buttons, and those 4 buttons only activate 4 activities on the robot. each single button press leads to one action on the robot. But you're sending a string of signals with each press to avoid interference with other robocoaches.

From update 3, this may be allowed (i think we'll draft a question to the GDC about it, so i'm not really looking for approval here, just opinions):



So one button push transmits one message, and multiple button pushes don't encode other messages... I don't know, what do you guys think? Am i going out on a limb here?
You're on a limb, but it's a relatively thick one. Get that question asked to confirm. (And the post here is a pretty good base for it.)

If I had to make a ruling, here and now, with the information available, I would say legal. I am, however, not on the GDC.
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