Car Nack Predicts 2011-5

[pfreivald]

This one seems to be akin to predicting that the sun will rise in the morning...

[BrendanB]

If there is a minibot running on the ground, I bet it will be run over!

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

If there is a minibot running on the ground, I bet it will be run over!

I was thinking about that, and I don't know how often, if ever it'll happen. The bumper zone is pretty low this year, so I think that the mini-bot would be more likely to get pushed around than run over.

Or maybe I'm just being an optimist since our mini-bot isn't all that promising.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by thefro526

Or maybe I'm just being an optimist since our mini-bot isn't all that promising.

If your minibot is slow, it's less likely to fall off the bar before time runs out and thus get run over.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

If your minibot is slow, it's less likely to fall off the bar before time runs out and thus get run over.

Our mini-bot is slow and likes to fall off.

So...

[Bob Steele]

Does anyone know whether this will be a penalty other than disabling the tower?

I do mean during the last 10 seconds... not during the rest of the match...

I would like some opinions as I believe there is a penalty for deploying the minibot anywhere other than the alliance poles...

Ideas? Comments?

[BJT]

I would also be willing to bet that a fair number of minibots fall off their hostbots during the match, and that will most likely not end well.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by BJT

I would also be willing to bet that a fair number of minibots fall off their hostbots during the match, and that will most likely not end well.

That will definately put the little guys in danger.

[dotbran]

To prevent your minibot from falling off the top of the pole, stick a magnet on the top.

This is legal, right?

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by dotbran

To prevent your minibot from falling off the top of the pole, stick a magnet on the top.

This is legal, right?

Yes, except the top of the tower is nonmetallic.

[Joe Schornak]

I predict that at least one minibot will find its way entirely outside of the field perimeter, by some horrible miracle of overenthusiastic deployment methods and high-speed gear ratios.

[gyroscopeRaptor]

In the first non-practice Suffield Shakedown match, a minibot fell off, almost over the railing, and was likely running.

Fastest prediction ever?

[StevenB]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I expect to see lots of swings and misses at the pole and the occaional mini-bot fatlity at the hands of a Hostbot. I think of the fate that poor little runner bot 1519 had at Beantown Blitz when I visualize this.

I think you jinxed us. Final match 3 at the Nashua, NH scrimmage - watch the left side of the field after 54 seconds - the 1519 minibot gets run over by at least two HOSTBOTs.

[bhoffman11]

I really want to see a minibot fall off, run around, and just get run-over and totaled by its own hostbot or an opposing bot. Would that be a red card?

[Chris is me]

At WPI we had a minibot fall off, run along the floor, and get 3 lane violations.