Universal Spy Hand Signals

[Harmandeep]

I believe a universal hand signal is a simple yet great way for both sides to succeed.

[Ryan Hu]

Originally Posted by Harmandeep

I believe a universal hand signal is a simple yet great way for both sides to succeed.

I love that forward thinking you have.

[tyler9698]

Universal hand signals would be able to help your alliance maximize your score since not every team can have their own spy. In the spirit of Gracious Professionalism, this would benefit all teams, and opposing alliances would most likely not try to cheat this system because they will be preoccupied with their own robots.

[Chito]

im not liking this whole hand signal idea

[engunneer]

Originally Posted by Chito

im not liking this whole hand signal idea

you don't have to, but if there becomes a standard set of signals, you may get some advantage from using them.

What's not to like?

[The Ginger]

The think is, it doesn't matter if your opponent knows your code, everything that the spy is telling you is rate in front of their faces. they arn't learning anything from your spy that they don't already know/see.

[MikLast]

Originally Posted by The Ginger

The think is, it doesn't matter if your opponent knows your code, everything that the spy is telling you is rate in front of their faces. they arn't learning anything from your spy that they don't already know/see.

The idea of hand signals is to relay info that the drive team may not be able to see (for example making sure the bot is lined up properly to shoot)

[katahar]

Is there anything in the rules against the spy holding up a big sign with an arrow on it? He/she would just have to rotate it in the right direction, and there would be almost no miscommunication.

[Collin Stiers]

what about the old semaphore flag signals armies used to use? most commonly the flags formed specific letters, but I know armies in the civil war used them to direct the movement of specific divisions.

[MattOz]

Is the hand signals really that important since almost every robot has a camera or cameras to give visual aid to the drive team?

[NShep98]

Originally Posted by MattOz

Is the hand signals really that important since almost every robot has a camera or cameras to give visual aid to the drive team?

While that is a possibility, A) You can only see so much through a camera pointed in one direction, and B) Some teams may not be capable of getting a camera working.

[hectorcastillo]

I was just planning on making my HP learn flag semaphore.

[TheRealShayD]

Why don't you just hold up a big mirror for your drive team to see what's happening?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by TheRealShayD

Why don't you just hold up a big mirror for your drive team to see what's happening?

Risk of reflecting a vision target at a robot, maybe. That would violate at least two rules if a robot actually tossed a boulder at it.

[tindleroot]

Originally Posted by MattOz

Is the hand signals really that important since almost every robot has a camera or cameras to give visual aid to the drive team?

Where did you hear that almost every robot has a camera?