IRI - Dates, Info and Rule Ideas

[Tetraman]

[IRI 01] The hybrid mode does not end until all basketballs that have been launched by robots during the hybrid mode have either landed on the court or settled into the corral. (This will mean all basketballs that landed into the hoops during hybrid mode but after the buzzer will score the additional 3 points.)

[IRI 02] Any basketballs that are shot over the player station wall will be put into that player station's corral, rather than being put back into the field. Teams that intentionally shoot basketballs over the player station wall will receive a Technical Foul and possible Red Card for repeated violations.

The Moneyball

[IRI 03] In the last 30 seconds of each qualification and elimination match, a Moneyball may be entered into the corral of the alliance whom scored the most amount of points in the Hybrid Mode. The Moneyball will be entered by either IRI field crew or referee.

[IRI 04] The Moneyball will give a 1 point Coopertition bonus to the first alliance that scores it during qualification matches. In Elimination matches, the Moneyball will score a bonus 9 points to the first alliance that scores it in a hoop. After the Moneyball has been scored for the first time in either case, it no longer provides the additional Coopertition point nor bonus points but may still be scored as a normal basketball.

[IRI 05] During Qualification matches, if both alliances score the same amount of points in hybrid mode, the Moneyball will not be entered into either alliance's corral and skipped for that match.

[IRI 06] During Elimination matches, if both alliances score the same amount of points in hybrid mode, the Moneyball will be entered into the corral of the alliance with the highest combined total of Coopertition points earned in the qualification matches. If this is also a tie, the moneyball will be entered into the corral of the lower seeded alliance's corral. (In this way, the Moneyball will be used in every Elimination match, either to the alliance whom scored the most hybrid points, or to the alliance that has the better tiebreaker. Scoring the Moneyball in Qualification matches will increase the odds of being given the Moneyball in elimination matches if a Hybrid Mode tie occurs.)


EDIT:

I was also thinking, it would be interesting to set up an additional field, or at least half of one. Set up a series of basketballs on one or two bridges and all over the court in certain places. You put one robot on the field on the key with a basketball and have it try to pick up and shoot as many of the basketballs as it can within, say, 30 seconds. Enforce a 1 Basketball hold limit, give additional points for ending the 30 seconds on the bridge and maybe something with a Moneyball. Teams can attempt the challenge only 3 times during the day, and the team who scored the most points within that 30 seconds earns a special award. Basically, the 3-point shooting contest the NBA does, in FIRST terms.