Value & Credibility of 4th robots on an Alliance

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Karthik

The decision on whether or not use Team 900 was based on the readiness of the harpoons. The harpoons weren't ready and tested enough by our standards, as such we decided to play it safe and keep 1923 on the field. I actually had no insight into 5012's can grabbers and what they involved until months after the event.

Thanks for the explanation, Karthik. Some of us in the nosebleeds kept wondering why that evil harpoon array never made it to the field. A MAD standoff makes a good story, though.

Isaac saw what I was thinking immediately -- he and I think alike often. BTW, I don't recall an xkcd reference. My thought was about the end of the 1983 film War Games, in which the NORAD computer learns (by playing a lot of Tic-Tac-Toe before running a lot of simulations) that global thermonuclear war cannot be won.