#TeamTotesFromStep

[g_sawchuk]

Originally Posted by DanielPlotas

Well if you're already in the Landfill area, and you can get a tote or two off the Step, why drive all the way over to the HP station and maybe get one tote?

After you pull them from the step, you have to reorganize them into your intake. If you get driving confidently enough, just ram into the HP station, grab a tote, and go. I guess it's what works for you.

[DanielPlotas]

Originally Posted by GrifBot

After you pull them from the step, you have to reorganize them into your intake. If you get driving confidently enough, just ram into the HP station, grab a tote, and go. I guess it's what works for you.

I'm assuming this wouldn't be your primary source of totes, so you most likely won't be capping them. Therefore, there is no reason to stack them, so you could just push them onto the Scoring Platform.

[Mark Sheridan]

Originally Posted by GrifBot

After you pull them from the step, you have to reorganize them into your intake. If you get driving confidently enough, just ram into the HP station, grab a tote, and go. I guess it's what works for you.

Unless your alliance partners are using the HP station. FYI this is an icing on the cake strategy.

[Ichlieberoboter]

I believe we did at Lake Superior. We had an advantage because we can flip upside down totes.

[Lil' Lavery]

Would have been cool if there were totes of another color on the step that were worth more points.

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Would have been cool if there were totes of another color on the step that were worth more points.

+1
IRI rule change?

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

+1
IRI rule change?

That's a rule change that would shift how you design your robot, not just accentuate difficult actions that a large portion of robots could already complete in theory (like adding more autonomous balls in 2014, increasing the value of autonomous scoring in 2007, or allowing for qualification triple balances in 2012). So, I'd pass on it being an IRI rule change.

I would like to see autonomous values increased at IRI, though.

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

That's a rule change that would shift how you design your robot, not just accentuate difficult actions that a large portion of robots could already complete in theory (like adding more autonomous balls in 2014, increasing the value of autonomous scoring in 2007, or allowing for qualification triple balances in 2012). So, I'd pass on it being an IRI rule change.

I would like to see autonomous values increased at IRI, though.

Agreed. Changes to how the game is fundamentally played shouldn't fly at IRI.
However stuff like yellow totes being scorable as normal totes in teleop would be totally reasonable changes for IRI.

My personal hope for an IRI rule change is changing seeding and eliminations back to W-L-T format.

[Jared Russell]

Starting to veer off topic, but...

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

My personal hope for an IRI rule change is changing seeding and eliminations back to W-L-T format.

Since there is no real interaction, this rule change would mean your match schedule virtually always decides your fate.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Jared Russell

Starting to veer off topic, but...



Since there is no real interaction, this rule change would mean your match schedule virtually always decides your fate.

Makes the Friday morning picklist meeting a lot easier.

[Lil' Lavery]

I wouldn't mind seeing how the playoffs played out in W/L format, since most of the teams at IRI designed to win events anyway. Agreed that this game is not suited for that during qualification play.

[itsjustjon]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

That's a rule change that would shift how you design your robot, not just accentuate difficult actions that a large portion of robots could already complete in theory (like adding more autonomous balls in 2014, increasing the value of autonomous scoring in 2007, or allowing for qualification triple balances in 2012). So, I'd pass on it being an IRI rule change.

I would like to see autonomous values increased at IRI, though.

But how much of a boost would work best?

[Poseidon5817]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

+1
IRI rule change?

Tote Bot?

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by Poseidon1671

Tote Bot?

yep :-)

[g_sawchuk]

Originally Posted by Mark Sheridan

Unless your alliance partners are using the HP station. FYI this is an icing on the cake strategy.

If you have cleared the entire landfill alone, I applaud you.
I like the idea of having bonus points on those totes. That would make it more worthwhile.