Before I announce what appears to be my final YMTC of the 2007-2008
FIRST Robotics Competition season, I would like to personally and sincerely thank all those who were responsible for the creation of this year’s game:
Overdrive. The game is exciting and fast-paced. Furthermore, the rules have been extremely well-written and have made it quite difficult to concoct contentious YMTCs. So
thank you 2008 GDC! You Make The Call (YMTC) is a series of situations where you are the official and make the call.
Please reference specific rules when applicable. The results of YMTC are not official and are for educational purposes only.
Welcome to the inaugural Dogwood Regional! Bluateam worked hard all season to design and build Bluabot: a hard-nosed, defensive tank of a robot. When fully functional, Bluabot has dominated Dogwood’s top-scoring hurdlers with impenetrable ball-prevention defense. Unfortunately, the tank treads that have made Bluabot “un-pushable” have, on occasion, come off; thereby rendering Bluabot truly immobile.
Early in their final match on Friday afternoon, Bluabot is playing strong ball-prevention defense on top-seeded Redabot in the area of the lane-marker near the Blue Alliance Station when Bluabot’s right tread comes off! Not wanting to damage the carpet or draw a penalty for driving on metal track rollers or for impeding Redabot, Bluateam immediately presses the E-stop button. They can only watch as Redabot now has the opportunity to play offense unopposed for the remainder of the match.
But wait! Redabot is in a position exactly as illustrated in Team Update #15! Redabot has just crossed the lane-marker, but with no room to maneuver past Bluabot without breaking the plane and violating Rule <G22>. Hearing over the loudspeaker that Bluateam has disabled Bluabot using the E-stop button, Redateam tries to use Redabot to push Bluabot out of the way. But after 8 seconds of all-out pushing, Bluabot still won’t budge! Knowing that victory in the match depends on Redabot hurdling at least a few more times, Redabot throws it into reverse, breaks the plane of the lane-marker, and then drives forward around the motionless Bluabot to take the offensive.
The remainder of the match is carried out penalty-free. After the buzzer sounds, the refs huddle to determine what, if any, penalties ought to be enforced.
Based on the
2008 Rules, YOU MAKE THE CALL!