Quote:
Originally Posted by Randy Picolet
"DEPLOYMENT – the act of positioning a MINIBOT on a TOWER. DEPLOYMENT starts when the MINIBOT breaks the vertical projection of the TOWER BASE circumference during the END GAME. (Related form, DEPLOY, verb)"
Positioning means locating at a point, not applying force. Once you haver positioned the minibot, it must be autonomous (fully self-controlled) Climbing implies continuous non-sliding contact, as opposed to jumping. sliding. slinging, or flying using a pole as a trajectory constraint/guide.
You probably can use elastic energy stored on the minibot (assuming it passes safety inspection) but I think you will still not be able to just slide along the pole; you need traction of some sort to qualify as climbing IMHO.
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the way i read this was that according to this rule:
<G19> After DEPLOYMENT, MINIBOTS must remain completely autonomous.
the minibots only have to be autonomous (in my opinion means not being acted upon by other objects such as the hostbot) AFTER deployment. the definition for deployment only definitively states when it starts.
therefore with some more nitpicking of the rules (this is how loop bot, i believe it was team 469, dominated most of last years competition) i came across this rule
<G22> HOSTBOTS may not contact their ALLIANCE’S MINIBOT once it has climbed above the DEPLOYMENT LINE.
these two rules and the shabby definition of deployment lead me to believe that until it gets stated otherwise, one can "shoot" the minibot off of the host bot in endgame
and also i don't see how climbing implies continuous non-sliding contact.
tl;dr i read you can "shoot" minibots up the pole in endgame