No height choice?

[Molten]

Last year's game allowed you to trade weight for height. This helped make robots more unique. What are your thoughts on the matter? Why did they get rid of this rule? Will they bring it back in the future?

[techtiger1]

There usually isn't a choice of height or weight historically, last years game was unique in the respect, I think you may see the rule come back if you stay around long enough. That rule was specifically designed to make rack and roll more interesting though. Your going to need all your dimensions this year anyway trust me . Anyway just a heads up on the height rule.

Best of luck,
-Drew

[wilsonmw04]

Dude, tell me about it. We've had to scrap 3 designs because of that 80" rule. it's very restrictive. What really takes the cake is that fact that the bumpers are a part of your robot for those measurements.

[diesel]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

What really takes the cake is that fact that the bumpers are a part of your robot for those measurements.

I really hate that. They mandate bumbers than count that towards the size of the robot???

[Woody1458]

What 80" rule? give a rule number please, or a quote

[MrForbes]

<R16> specifies that the robot can't be more than 80" in the horizontal direction

[lukevanoort]

Originally Posted by Woody1458

What 80" rule? give a rule number please, or a quote

This rule:

Originally Posted by Section 8: The Robot

<R16> Once the MATCH has started, the ROBOT may assume a PLAYING CONFIGURATION
that exceeds the size dimensions specified in Rule <R11>. While in the PLAYING
CONFIGURATION, the ROBOT may expand up to a maximum horizontal dimension of 80
inches (e.g. all parts of the ROBOT must fit within an imaginary 80-inch-diameter upright
cylinder). There are no height limits for a ROBOT in its PLAYING CONFIGURATION at any
time after the start of the MATCH other than those specified in Rule <G36> about not
exceeding the maximum permitted height while in the opponent’s HOME STRETCH.

EDIT: Darn, beat to it... I think I'll leave my post here though since it has the full text of the rule.

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Molten

Last year's game allowed you to trade weight for height. This helped make robots more unique. What are your thoughts on the matter? Why did they get rid of this rule? Will they bring it back in the future?

To know if that rule will be brought back in the future, you might want to go on over to this thread.

-dave




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[Molten]

Originally Posted by dlavery

To know if that rule will be brought back in the future, you might want to go on over to this thread.

-dave




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Did I just get pranked by dave? That forum has nothing to do with height in future games. It barely even had anything to do with height.

[Scott Morgan]

Originally Posted by Molten

Did I just get pranked by dave? That forum has nothing to do with height in future games. It barely even had anything to do with height.

He's messing with you, you wanted to know about future rules, so he linked you to a thread about time travel.

[Molten]

Now I get it, he is a crafty one. I never would have got that. Thanks for the explanation.

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by Molten

he is a crafty one.

that probably qualifies for "understatement of the year"

[McLOVIN]

Trading height for weight would be nice, but only if you could trade more weight for height, or vice versa, than in last year. For example; imagine a three foot tall robot that could be 150 lbs...