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Re: Crab Steering on Regolith

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Originally Posted by yoshibrock View Post
That's all fine and dandy except for the fact that different people interpret rules differently. Finding out other peoples' interpretations can help people to make more informed design decisions before the Q&A starts. Reading the rule book can only get you so far.
Thats exactly my point. Interpruitations dont matter. The only thing that matters is what is stated in the rule book. I am bringing this up because I was a ref at our state lego tournament. We had a problem with the INTERPRUITATION of a rule that was allowed at various regionals. We looked in the manual, and there was a clear rule stating what was previously allowed is not allowed. I'm just saying dont guess on this type of stuff. Take the initiative to look rules up your selves, and if a rule is not clear, submit a Q&A, or keep up with the updates. If you get questioned on a rule at a competition and you say "well I heard on CD......." thats not going to cut it.

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And on a note pertaining to the actual thread....

I think (haha) that a crab drive has its advantages and disadvantages in any situation. In this years game, however, I think that the difficulty in controlling is already going to be such that it discourages a crab or swerve drive. Granted, we haven't leaned towards crab drive in the past, but this year while brainstorming we didn't even consider it. I'm sure some team out there will pull it off, but it'll take a pretty skilled drive team. I do encourage you to try however; that team might be yours.
I was only talking about saying I think when questioning the legality of something. Offering opinions about strategies is fine.

Joey
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