Airzooka

[1255415684]

Is there anything in the rules that prevents a team from using airzookas to knock other frisbees out from the sidelines?

[1255415684]

Im sure there is a rule that we cant throw objects, but what about air?

[JohnSchneider]

I sometimes forget this is a forum with a lot of high schoolers, and I sometimes forget how bad they are at trolling....

[John Sabath]

No. Just no.

That's not even taking advantage of the rules, that's just playing dirty.

[ablatner]

There are rules about what the drive team can have during a match. This is not one of the allowed items.

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by ablatner

There are rules about what the drive team can have during a match. This is not one of the allowed items.

I think the troll meant standing in the stands as a spectator.

[dtengineering]

It's that little quoted rule, 3.14.1, that requires all competitions to conform to the laws of physics.

It might be worth trying at the Hogwarts' Academy off-season event, where 3.14.1 is normally waived.

Jason

Please note that 3.14.1 also specifically disallows helping robots to climb by "jumping up and down really hard" in the stands, and using divine intervention to improve autonomous mode.

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by animenerdjohn

I sometimes forget this is a forum with a lot of high schoolers, and I sometimes forget how bad they are at trolling....

I hope you are using the term "they" loosely.

This was a pretty bad troll...

[Kevin Sevcik]

The game is meant to be played by the humans and robots that are on the field and no one else. Duh. Other illegal acts from the sidelines include:

1. Jamming a robot's radio
2. Blinding a driver with a portable skylight
3. Disabling a robot with an EMP canon
4. Distracting a driver with an LRAD
5. Shooting drivers with tranquilizer darts
6. Throwing caltrops onto the field
7. "Disabling" a robot with a Barrett M82 sniper rifle.

I propose that before anyone uses the "it's just air" excuse, they must explain the difference between sniping a frisbee with a puff of air, versus a well placed blunted arrow. And if they still want to argue "it's just air", then we toss them in a 75mph wind tunnel for 30 minutes or so. I mean, it's just air, it's not like it's really doing anything.

[JohnSchneider]

Originally Posted by Gregor

I hope you are using the term "they" loosely.

This was a pretty bad troll...

They dont have trolls in canada right? I thought they were abominable snowmen up there?

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by animenerdjohn

They dont have trolls in canada right? I thought they were abominable snowmen up there?

Nope just polar bears and friendly moose.

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by Gregor

Nope just polar bears and friendly moose.

I don't know. The whole Quebec PastaGate thing really seems like an epic bit of trolling if you ask me.

[connor.worley]

For more serious discussion: Would it be legal to mount a device on a robot to do this? Would it be moral?

[JohnSchneider]

Originally Posted by connor.worley

For more serious discussion: Would it be legal to mount a device on a robot to do this? Would it be moral?

Yes and yes. No different than teams using fans in '09 (and this year from what I've heard).

[ablatner]

Originally Posted by connor.worley

For more serious discussion: Would it be legal to mount a device on a robot to do this? Would it be moral?

That's definitely both legal and moral. It isn't stretching any rules.

OP:
What if you just get your whole team to blow REALLY hard at the opposing alliance?