Go to Post Mentors build mentors. - Siri [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > FIRST > General Forum
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
 
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #10   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 26-02-2005, 18:27
kevinw kevinw is offline
Registered User
#0065
 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Farmington Hills
Posts: 132
kevinw is a name known to allkevinw is a name known to allkevinw is a name known to allkevinw is a name known to allkevinw is a name known to allkevinw is a name known to all
Re: Serious question about defense No Flaming!

Personally, I think this is a fine strategy. And I think it will be used a lot more than most people believe. Especially if penalties are handed out as freely as I understand they were at scrimmages.

If my robot can't pick up a tetra without incurring a penalty, I would want it to prevent an opponent from picking up a tetra. Especially if we wouldn't get a penalty unless they could out-push us.

FIRST did clarify the "in-the-loading-zone" definition (part of the robot which remains within the intial footprint which is contacting the hdpe), but the comment regarding how it should be obvious to the referee that this is the case is where I see a lot of issues arising. There will likely be a lot of penalties issued as it is. This will likely be followed with team members explaining to referees where there robots "obviously" touch the ground, and where they would "obviously" be touching the hdpe if their robot was loading.

Does it need to be this complicated? Maybe. Either way, a lot of robots will end up moving towards a defensive strategy with the current penalty situation.

Personally, I hope FIRST limits penalties in the future to those cases that are safety related and game-play limiting (pinning, flipping, etc). This penalty doesn't appear to fall into either category.

Still, the rules for this year are in place, and all we can do is hope for great game play this year, and improvements for next year.
Reply With Quote
 


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Question of the Week!!! (6/14/04) Andy Grady General Forum 23 01-07-2004 15:54
MIM's question of the day on programming. Gene F Programming 3 24-02-2004 16:32
A question about control system options computhief263 Control System 7 04-02-2004 14:46
Fantasy Football! EddieMcD Chit-Chat 176 30-12-2003 18:30
What's so great about defense? archiver 2001 17 24-06-2002 03:46


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:35.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi