New Off-season Defenses

[TheNerdJedi]

How about a simple ramp to jump over?

EDIT: Was already mentioned by Kevin!

[MARS_James]

If anyone from Florida(or any other area) is reading this and won't be making a fun unique defense to replace the Portcullis please don't just make it Cheval always as that leaves teams with only 2 defenses to pick for 3/4 of their matches (Lowbar, Cheval, Audience, and then what ever two are left) instead allow them to pick the Cheval or the other member of Category B or D they did not pick. It would make it so Field reset and defense coordinator has more work (Basically the defense coordinator selects the portcullis then has to write B or D under it to signal which other defense goes there, and field reset has to remember which two defenses belong in B and D) but at least teams will still have control of 3/5 of the defenses like we were told in the rules.

Now things that i think would be interesting for teams to decide to do:

• The Cliff (cheval stuck in the down.)
• A Breakaway Style (in shape not size) barrier: link for the young people
• A Chute Door
• Weighted High Bar (Create a tall low bar but attach pipes to the bottoms of the flaps like what were on the original low bar)

basically I want to keep the integrity of the portcullis in tact, since many tall bots were able to go through it in both teleop and auto and I don't want to further penalize them for their design decision. (Turning a 1/9 defenses impossible to cross to a 2/9 is not fair to them)

[hectorcastillo]

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

[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.

[Koko Ed]

A pit of grinded corn cob husks.

[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

[maxnz]

Originally Posted by ctt956

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

1992!

[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.

[maxnz]

Originally Posted by hectorcastillo

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

Suggestion: they have to score a minibot.