New Off-season Defenses

[Hitchhiker 42]

Originally Posted by hectorcastillo

How about a stack of six totes with a can and a noodle on top sitting on a defense platform???

Oh man, 2003 all over again.

[pmangels17]

What about just continuing the slope of the platform to create what would have a triangular cross section. Satisfies the Breakaway Brigade who want a giant hump/ramp, and also satisfies the Cliff Contingent who wants a ramp that robots can Dukes of Hazard over with incredible air, but with the added effect that you can cross it both ways. It should be dead simple to built too. FOr added fun, add rollers onto the ramp sides embedded into the ramp such that the only way to cross is to go really fast and fly so high you crash into the castle before you hit the ground.

[hectorcastillo]

Originally Posted by pmangels17

FOr added fun, add rollers onto the ramp sides embedded into the ramp such that the only way to cross is to go really fast and fly so high you crash into the castle before you hit the ground.

Rule change: Robots must now score themselves into the high goals at the end of a match in order to achieve a capture.

[ctt956]

1. Pit similar to the moat but maybe a bit deeper filled with corn, water, boiling tar, red or blue alliance flavored dessert related substance, mangoes, or mango flavored desert related substance
2. Pool noodles; could be arranged in a lot of creative ways or another spongy material that robots would sink into. Very high pile carpet might also work.
3. Bridge of Death
4. Spike Trap
5. Lunacy Regolith or another slippery surface; put it on a ramp for more fun
6. A spring-loaded or pneumatic ejector platform that launches robots in a random direction
7. Actual chili fries, or fries to be shoveled(Though I'm sure all robots like their fries unsalted, so be sure to leave out the salt)
8. A RUNNING bench grinder
9. Something like the rough terrain, but with the bumps on springs so they move up and down
10. A trapdoor that robots fall through

[Roger]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

Was this from HQ, Andymark, or someone else? I'm just wondering what off-seasons won't have the portcullis.

Portcullis suddenly discovered to have ouchies.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by Roger

Portcullis suddenly discovered to have ouchies.

Photo later when it gets approved.

I'm confused. Something that was used all season is now all of a sudden dangerous? I don't get it. What's the issue with it?

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

I'm confused. Something that was used all season is now all of a sudden dangerous? I don't get it. What's the issue with it?

I heard that someone had 2 of their fingers broken while setting it up.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe

I heard that someone had 2 of their fingers broken while setting it up.

That was the Newton Field Supervisor in week five. He had to have a surgical procedure done to fix it.

[wesbass23]

Forgive me if this has already been suggested but the replacement could be whatever defense is not being used from the current audience selected category. That way it is a defense that already exists and everyone can plan for. Downside is I can't really see anyone not choosing the CDF unless the sallyport or drawbridge was the other option.

[themccannman]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

That was the Newton Field Supervisor in week five. He had to have a surgical procedure done to fix it.

That wasn't the only casualty, one of 1678's alumni/mentors also broke two of her fingers setting it up at the Sacramento regional.

[Twepeler]

A spike pit. But the spikes are made of rubber so the won't actually puncture a robots wheels but it acts sort of like a second rough terrain by having different heights for the spikes.

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by ctt956

Very high pile carpet might also work.

I was thinking pink shag carpet and beaded curtains.

[carpedav000]

I call this one the mega moat:

Same as the moat, but the bumps are the size of the rock wall instead

[Refresh]

Originally Posted by carpedav000

I call this one the mega moat:

Same as the moat, but the bumps are the size of the rock wall instead

Not the cliffs of Insanity!!!

[maxnz]

Originally Posted by ctt956

1. Pit similar to the moat but maybe a bit deeper filled with corn...

1992!