The 'Newdle' Agreement

[Thad House]

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

With today's team update, the [old] Noodle Agreement (TNA) is no longer effective - you can't just dump the litter through the chute for 40 easy points. A few members of my team were thinking that there may be a new Noodle Agreement. Noodles are worth 1 point when in the landfill and 4 points if unprocessed. What if both alliances agree to:

1. Throw >8 of their litter to the other side of the field
2. Not push it into the landfill zone or push it out of the landfill zone if it lands there
3. Do this mutually so that both alliances get at least 32 points for these 8 litter instead of 8

Both alliances can keep a few litter to put in containers.


This provides a clear benefit for both alliances and it is equally easy to push litter out of the landfill zone (newdle agreement task) as it is to push it in (standard game task).

The noodle agreement is not dead.

This requires enough skill to actually get a noodle to the other side of the field, so I don't really think there is much to worry about.

[Jacob Bendicksen]

Originally Posted by Thad House

This requires enough skill to actually get a noodle to the other side of the field, so I don't really think there is much to worry about.

I'd agree with Thad here - with practice, you might be able to get one or two across the field per match, but as events go on and noodles get more damaged, it will get harder to do. I don't think it'll be a huge problem.

[Vale]

Originally Posted by Jacob Bendicksen

I'd agree with Thad here - with practice, you might be able to get one or two across the field per match, but as events go on and noodles get more damaged, it will get harder to do. I don't think it'll be a huge problem.

I have to agree with Jacob on the low probability of the "newdle agreement" becoming an issue. This agreement seems a bit too harsh on human players as it is something that affects both alliances and would leave a lot more room for error than in the original noodle agreement. Failure in both cases of the agreement could have possibly caused some rifts between teams and alliances. The worst part is that internal issues of a team could even stem from this.

Though this is an interesting reboot of the noodle agreement, I think that most teams will attempt to avoid doing it to not only make their lives a bit easier, but also to keep things fun.

Basically, while the noodle agreement isn't dead, it isn't quite alive, either.

Edit: I had incorrect information. Thank you to Gregor for helping to clarify for me.

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by Vale

I am kind of questioning how many noodles can someone throw in 20 seconds, though.

What limits the human player to only throwing the noodles for 20 seconds?

[Vale]

Originally Posted by Gregor

What limits the human player to only throwing the noodles for 20 seconds?

Rule G33 from the game manual, I believe.

"G33 LITTER may be introduced onto the FIELD only during TELEOP and only in the following ways:
A. through the LITTER CHUTE, or
B. over the ALLIANCE WALL prior to the last twenty (20) seconds of the MATCH.
VIOLATION: FOUL per LITTER."

EDIT: Wait, opps, I'm sorry. You are right. Thank you for helping me clarify my reading.

[mackenzieg]

While The Newdle Agreement is an interesting idea, I highly doubt that we will see it being. Firstly, simply because the chances of throwing noodles accurately every time are very small, I think many teams will be reluctant to do this.

Also, considering the rules change specifically to prevent TNA, I would imagine that more and more teams would be deciding that this sort of play (agreeing to give each other points) was not what was intended in this game.

Overall, I think most teams wouldn't really want to try this.

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Mackenzie Glaser
Robo Lions 1261

[S.P.A.M.er 17]

I wonder how this would work with G24:

Both teams have a "newdle bot" to collect their colored litter, place the it on the step for a swap, and then place the swapped litter in a non-scoring zone on their side.

G24 ROBOTS may not cause TOTES, RECYCLING CONTAINERS, and/or LITTER to completely transfer from their side of the FIELD,
or from the STEP, onto the opposite side of the FIELD.
VIOLATION: FOUL. If egregious or strategic, RED CARD and offending ROBOT will be DISABLED.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by S.P.A.M.er 17

I wonder how this would work with G24:

Both teams have a "newdle bot" to collect their colored litter, place the it on the step for a swap, and then place the swapped litter in a non-scoring zone on their side.

The rule is "completely", so I think you'd be OK.

However, you'd need your opponents go to along...