pic: Capping 177

[EvanG]

I haven't heard anything on the legality of this action, but I could see where both sides could have their arguement. I.E. - It should be legal for this purpose; It was an amazing defense move that messed us up for a little bit. It should be illegal because there are some robots out there that may not have the durability that our bot had and could break.

I suppose its up to the refs at each competition. I really hate to side with the side that capped my robot, but I do recall Dave Lavery saying make sure your bot could take a hit with a yellow ball. Don't worry though, our drivers know how to handle it now--preventing the ball from going in, and getting it out if it does.

[RBrandy]

I'm sorry, I thought I heard somebody say that at Midwest. I must have been mistaken. Thanks for the clarification.

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

One of the options was to just hold the big ball over 177's hopper and deflect the balls.

This happened to us. We almost came back and won the match, but we didn't collect enough balls to over come the other alliances points. It was still a GREAT match. Good job to Team 27 for using that strategy on us.

See you in Atlanta!!!

[Tyler Olds]

Originally Posted by RBrandy

I'm sorry, I thought I heard somebody say that at Midwest. I must have been mistaken. Thanks for the clarification.



This happened to us. We almost came back and won the match, but we didn't collect enough balls to over come the other alliances points. It was still a GREAT match. Good job to Team 27 for using that strategy on us.

See you in Atlanta!!!

There was an official ruling that capping another robot is legal.

Yeah goign to the other side to catch against 27's drive train was not a good idea, they were the only team that could really move us.

However to I guess counter being capped, you cna just keep your funnel closed, or if they cap you and you still ahev the ability to collect, you still can do that.