Feeder Station Disk Starting Configuration

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Originally Posted by MrTechCenter

I would advise against it. The rules can get a little iffy on this sort of thing. What would the purpose be anyway? You'd have to grab the discs and put them behind the starting line before autonomous. And then move them wherever you want. How much are you going to do in those 15 seconds that you couldn't do before the match or during teleop? And there's more than enough time before the match starts to arrange discs, by the way.

Again, depending on your event, the discs start behind the starting line. Not all reset crews are putting them at the stations. (In fact, of the two events I've some so far, neither did.) Be ready for both--don't assume all events are the same unless there's a ruling for it. In fact, the rules aren't iffy at all about autonomous holding--there was barely a feeder at NYC that didn't. What's iffy is the starting procedure. Discs weren't allowed over the starting line before teleop there--wouldn't you hold them?

As far as why it matters, for most it doesn't, but for the top shooters, feeder station procedure really does obviously change the cycle time. I'd pratice and plan both ways (or try to Q&A it), there are some options that could throw off times significantly for different strategies if you're unprepared. With that, never assume there's enough time pre-match to do what you want. Things happen (both to reset crews and to teams). Minimizing start up goes as much for drive teams as it does for robots.