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Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges

469 came up with a very interesting concept to play this game and even though they didn't violate the letter of the rules I think it violates the nature of the game.
This is MY opinion, not my teams.

Just my $.03 (allow for inflation)

I respectfully disagree. The idea of FIRST is to come up with the most innovative solution to a problem. Of all the robots I've seen, 469 has been the most creative bot out there. Instead of imagining a new way to achieve some aspect of the game, 469 created a new way of playing the entire game. The only disadvantage is that it requires them to be dependent on a bot that can score at least a fair amount. As other teams start to learn how to defend against this, though, they'll need an alliance member that can score really well and/or someone who can keep other robots from bumping it during delivery. It'll be interesting to see them in later competitions, as people come up with creative ways on how to stop them.