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Originally Posted by Matt Goelz
... just to throw something else out there: what if it is as simple as saying that we will be returning to robots with arms and extending outside the frame perimeter? She is extending her arms in the picture and the reversing of the image could mean reversing what has been done recently. AKA: going back to how it was before 2009: robot extensions and not having a 'no leaving the frame perimeter' rule. (I count last year as a 'no leaving the frame' year, even though technically you could for a 3 second time period or less and in the last 20 seconds) I always liked games with robots manipulating a game piece with an arm or the sort.. [ specifically, 2005 and 2007 were my favorites  ]
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-Matt G |
This very well could be. I really think we will be allowed to extend out of the frame perimeter, but I would not call it undoing what was done. The GDC created those rules to make the games more challenging (and various other reasons), not to change the course of all future games.
I really hope that we will be able to extend out of the frame perimeter. I am tired of robots looking more or less the same. I loved it when I walked through the pits and did not see one robot that resembled another. That is what FIRST is about. Coming up with your own unique designs!