Possible game flaw?

[slijin]

There's 115" on each side of the field between the feet of the pyramid and field rails. Robots are constricted to 54" cylinders.

So no, it's not possible to physically blockade those paths.

[gabrielau23]

Originally Posted by slijin

There's 115" on each side of the field between the feet of the pyramid and field rails. Robots are constricted to 54" cylinders.

So no, it's not possible to physically blockade those paths.

But you could move from side to side. The problem is that when moving from side to side, you don't have much power going to that side. I think that robots would just plow through. Last year our robot was a 4 CIM 6 wheel plaction wheel drivetrain, and I don't remember any team being able to out muscle us one on one. However, the moment somebody rammed us from the side, we got moved significantly. And this is a 120.0 lb robot that had to drill speed holes just to be legal. And in offseason events, I'm fairly sure we were a little heavier than that (shhhhhhhh). And it still happened. I don't see this being a problem

[dtengineering]

Well, in basketball I'd call it "setting a pick". In football I'd call it "blocking". In hockey, I'd just call it "normal game play".

Oh, wait... no... they'd have to smash the other robot into the boards to make it "normal game play".

But if B is blocking one side of the field, the opposing alliance sends three robots down... one ties up B, the other two go fill up with discs.

B might slow them down, but certainly won't stop them.

Jason

[AdamHeard]

Please, dedicate two robots to this strategy while we outscore you.

This "strategy" has been possible in many years, and has never been truly effective.

[MichaelBick]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Please, dedicate two robots to this strategy while we outscore you.

This "strategy" has been possible in many years, and has never been truly effective.

I'm pretty sure you'll outscore most people even if they don't do this Adam