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Unread 22-03-2010, 14:52
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Re: FIRST Rule Changes

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Originally Posted by RRLedford View Post
The rules currently allow for a perfectly implemented and deployed on the field looper bot (which 469 comes close to being) to redirect nearly every ball straight back into EITHER of their goals with no way for a defenders to touch the ball unless they are super fast & can guess in advance as to which goal the looper will redirect.
There is absolutely no possible way for people to cross a road, except if they look both ways first, wait until there are no cars, then put one foot in front of the other and eventually they'll end up on the other side.

This is your same argument, just with a different situation. You state that it's impossible to beat a perfect iteration of 469 and then in the exact same breath, you list potential ways to actually beat 469.

And besides, perfect iterations of nearly every robot design would make it very, very difficult to play defense or to outscore them. But life is never perfect, and that's where strategy comes into play.
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