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Posted by Joe Johnson.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 10/17/2000 1:02 PM MST


In Reply to: Its-Definition Please posted by Bill Beatty on 10/17/2000 9:16 AM MST:



We will be making an update soon that will address this the issue of confusion over which side is which color in the elimination matches.

The concept will be the same in that the score will be 32-32 at the beginning of the match and the robots will start next to their opponent's ramps but this concept will be arrived at using a different method.

A picture is worth a thousand words here, but lacking that right now, I will state it in words with a picture to follow.

The current Elimination Match configuration can be defined as follows:
1) Begin with the Seeding Match field configuration.
2) Switch the color designation of the ramps.
3) Move the balls in the 1 point holes up to the 5 point holes.

This method confuses matters somewhat because the scoring ramps for each alliance are on the opposite side of the field from where the alliance is sitting. Also, the fans and players alike could possibly get confused. It is even possible that a team may mistakenly head to the wrong ramp to score or push the square rack in the seeding round (i.e. wrong) direction. So... We are making the following changes.

The new configuration for the Elimination Matches will be defined as follows:
1) Begin with the Seeding Match field configuration.
2) Switch every red ball for a blue ball and vice versa.
3) Move the balls in the one point holes to the 5 point holes.
4) Switch the starting points for the red robots and the blue robots.

Look for an update soon that has this information in schetch format but until then this will have to do.

Joe J.