Tether rules?

[crake]

Originally Posted by drwisley

This game has officially jumped the shark.

Hey now, this is not a 2016 game discussion thread.

[Kevin Leonard]

For the record, "tethering" isn't an official term or a necessarily intended part of the rules. It is an extrapolation of the "no length/width" requirements rules about gameplay that haven't existed in years.

[g_sawchuk]

When this game starts to move from just the robot to all these un-motorized appendages, I'm starting to think that a water game is a good idea...
I think that tethers to motorized appendages like 148's HP loader is cool, but stationary ramps? Just doesn't feel like robotics. I think a drop down ramp to the human player station attached to your robot would be much cooler.
And just like any other part like a motorized HP loader, I would say that you have to tether it.

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by GrifBot

When this game starts to move from just the robot to all these un-motorized appendages, I'm starting to think that a water game is a good idea...
I think that tethers to motorized appendages like 148's HP loader is cool, but stationary ramps? Just doesn't feel like robotics. I think a drop down ramp to the human player station attached to your robot would be much cooler.
And just like any other part like a motorized HP loader, I would say that you have to tether it.

Non motorized robots have been around a while.

[Doug Frisk]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

Non motorized robots have been around a while.

How do you call that non-motorized? It's storing potential energy in a weight.

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by DareDad

How do you call that non-motorized? It's storing potential energy in a weight.

I didn't say it didn't move, just that it didn't have motors. Or would you consider a cuckoo clock motorized?

[tcjinaz]

Originally Posted by crake

Hey now, this is not a 2016 game discussion thread.

You just had to start that water game thing, didn't you