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Re: No-show teams and trailers
Here is a fun twist to the placebo idea: Autonomous Placebo Bot . Its simple just:
  1. Just make a kit bot
  2. Give it a crazy dead reckoning auto routine that runs for the whole 2:15 match.
  3. Hook the no show trailer up to it and GO!
It is not a huge disadvantage because at least the bot moves.
It is not an advantage (incentive to no-show) because they don't get to drive it.
It could be pretty fun. The auto code could be written by someone interesting (Imagine what crazy things Dave might program it to do). Or maybe the other members of the alliance could program it.
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