10-05-2009, 12:30 PM
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no bag, vex only, final destination
AKA: Pinecone
 FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,589
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Re: [BB]: Regional Variations & Bagging It
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Originally Posted by dlavery
To support the argument that 4x4 would be difficult/impossible, aren't you making an awful lot of assumptions here? The argument only holds water if virtually every other aspect of the game/competition remains the same. To whit:
- What if the number of robots per team is not limited to one?
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This particular assumption is made based on the premise "10 matches at a regional is feasible because the game puts 8 teams on a field instead of 6".
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- What happens if the size of the robots is significantly reduced?
- What happens if the length of a match is significantly extended?
- What happens if the performance envelope of the robots is not limited to a single two dimensional surface?
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Stop making me think so hard! 
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