Predictions Week 3: Creating Flow

[Jaxom]

Originally Posted by Squeakypig

It seems as if the full court shooter is making a mark this year. Something that people should know (something I found out last week) is that robot starting configuration does not limit you to 60". You can start 84". You sacrifice the ability to go over half court....

Almost -- it's 1/3 court. You must be in your autonomous zone or touching the pyramid to be legal at 84".

There was an interesting development in one of the GKC elimination matches with ad hoc blockers. 1987 put a pool noodle contraption on their robot for blocking; sometime during the match the noodles broke & were dragging the floor. After the match the referees were out with a tape measure, checking for a 54" cylinder violation (which fortunately didn't occur).