Would you be willing to ....

[meaubry]

In light of the "approved interaction rule" and the "limited time and capability to repair rule" - How many teams would be willing to divulge their intentions for playing field interaction (HOW THEY WILL BEHAVE REGARDING THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT) In advance of the compeition ?
For instance, our team will not engage in grabbing at other robots with the intent of dragging or pulling them into a scoring zone. We will not engage in any interaction with the intent to harm or disable the opponent. (This is just me speaking - not my team, yet - until I can get concensus to this behavior)
I know this may sound crazy to many of you, but I wonder if it would assist in setting the tone for the type of gracious professionalism on the field that I (for one) hope to witness.
Could it be deducted that teams that post their intented interaction, or lack of, would be giving away their entire strategy? I hope not, the game this year has alot more to it than bashing, pulling, and smashing into each others robots. I contend that if that is a teams entire strategy, they may win the battle - but they won't win the war.
Lastly, the teams themselves can and should set the tone for acceptable behavior - teams that decide to ride the edge of the envelop should be noted. I only hope that the selection of partnerships when the seeding matches are over, doesn't require teams to "pick the neighborhood bully" for protection or out of fear of being broken.
FIRST, you have found a way to truely test our core beliefs and values - and we'll just see how many teams truely rise to the challenge! That's just my thoughts, whats yours?