[PhilBot]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

That's why it is very important that ALL team members read and understand the rules of the game.. Not just the drivers.

I agree. In fact, once the robot has passed inspection, it's really hard for it to get penalties this year (not like Overdrive). Most of the likely penanties are received by the human players:

eg: Leaving their allocated zone, touching the balls in the airlock, throwing empty cells over the outpost wall, throwing the rocks around the side of the field, using Super-Cells before the 20 sec period.

Plus, miss-thrown balls can score against you just as easily as for you.

Human players can REALLY bring down the team score if you are not carfull.

Usually this is a "desirable" team function. I recommend creating a Payload Specialist "Quiz" that needs to be answered 100% correctly before even being considered for this position.