BattleCry@WPI 6 Registration Opening!

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by BattleCry Site - Rules of Engagement

3. 30 point penalties will only be assessed for safety concerns. IE: These would normally only be appropriate for obstruction of a robot while in the process of loading at the human player loading station when the human player is off the pad.

Does that mean that 30 point penalties will not be given for loading zone infractions? Will any penalties be given for loading zone infractions?

[Heretic121]

i would assume here that it would just be a 10 pt penalty for the infraction just to say its still bad to do it, but not as severe of a penatly as it was in the season...

[Ian Curtis]

I'm pretty sure they mean that the penalty will be enforced like they said it would in update 4.

[BrianBSL]

Originally Posted by Ogre

Does that mean that 30 point penalties will not be given for loading zone infractions? Will any penalties be given for loading zone infractions?

Ken can give you a different answer on this if I am wrong, but as far as we have discussed it, it means that 30pt penalties will only be given in the case when the human player is off the mat - when there is truly a safety risk. There will still be 10 pt loading zone penalties for when it is a loading zone violation, but not any safety risk.

Originally Posted by Keiko173

Last year there was a Battlecry STAR award, but i can't find any information about things like that on the website. Are you not doing that this year?

As done in previous years, information about this, other awards, the human player and drivers skills test, will come out in SITREP's at a later date (the first one should be out soon). Look for it on the BattleCry6@WPI website (www.wpi.edu/+battlecry) under Tactical Updates.

[Ken Stafford]

Originally Posted by nobrakes8

that filled up kinda fast.. *waits for a team to dropout so MAX can go*

You're IN! Check the latest roster. We still expect at least the next 3 teams on the Ready Reserve to get in.

[Ken Stafford]

Originally Posted by iCurtis

How many qualification matches will a team get?

For the 36 teams arriving on Fri--you can plan on a total of 9 Qualifiers. Sat arrivals will get a few less. Due to the nature of BattleCry finals, ALL teams can also count on at least 2 additional matches during the eliminations.

Originally Posted by iCurtis

I'm pretty sure they mean that the penalty will be enforced like they said it would in update 4.

Our changes intend to provide a bit more variety into the play. The situations described in Update 4 accurately define penalty situations--the difference is that the penalties described would be 10 pointers unless the infraction occurred at the human loading station AND the respective human player was actively engaged (IE either off the pad carrying a tetra to load or off the pad while returning to home). The exact wording will appear later on the site, but our intent is to 1) restore a legitimate defensive role into the game, 2) use the 30 pt penalty to discourage safety infractions, and 3) not allow BC 6 to become a robot-busting slam fest.

--Blackhole
(member, 2005 CRUD champion alliance)

[Mike]

As for rule mods, you should make a capped vision tetra in autonomous more points.

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by MikeWasHere05

As for rule mods, you should make a capped vision tetra in autonomous more points.

I would make it approximately auto-win.

[BrianBSL]

SITREP #1 has been posted
http://www.wpi.edu/News/Events/BattleCry/tactical.html

Including awards and info about human player and driver challenges.

[henryBsick]

OOOOO yeah... last year I was within a centimeter to winning the driving contest... but the blind side of the ramp led to blind driving yada yada yada...
I CAN'T WAIT FOR BATTLE CRY!!!!!
The HP contest also looks wicked, gotta find a light kid to carry now...

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Henry_222

OOOOO yeah... last year I was within a centimeter to winning the driving contest... but the blind side of the ramp led to blind driving yada yada yada...
I CAN'T WAIT FOR BATTLE CRY!!!!!
The HP contest also looks wicked, gotta find a light kid to carry now...

We gotta find a strong kid to do the carrying!

[Ian Curtis]

SITREP #2 has been posted.
http://www.wpi.edu/News/Events/Battl...l.html#sitrep2

Activities galore!

[KathieK]

RAGE, winner of last year's Best BattleCry Award, has already challenged TJ2 to see whose team has the most team spirit! (Could this be a repeat of the cheering volley held at the Chesapeake regional?) Is anyone else up for the challenge???

[Elgin Clock]

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Hmm.. I think the more important question for this years BattleCry is... where the heck do we park??

http://wpi.edu/About/Bartlett/webcams.html

If I am not mistaken, the Gym is to the right of that top picture, and that big hole/basement is where a parking lot used to be and most of us used to park..

</possible split topic>

[Ian Curtis]

Well I was bored today and even though it is not a final listing of teams I wrote a BattleCry story which can be read below. If I forgot your team or if you see a team I forgot please PM me. I'll rewrite when the final team list is finally final.

BattleCry!

“Attack!” cried the Duct Tape Bandits (467) as they charge down the hill in Gael Force (126) winds.

“Sir there’s no way we can put the PARTS (42) of this cannon together brought to us by the Trinity Pioneers (40) from Blackstone Valley (61),”said the JESTER (96), “its utter CHAOS (131).” The Birds of Prey (181) were circling overhead waiting for the battle to begin just as The Bobcats (177), the Bulldogs (1685), and The Tigertrons (222) were waiting in the foothills.

Thusly, the greatest battle of the off-season was about to begin. Gompei and the HERD (190) were banking on the Aztechs (157) and the Rhode Warriors (121) to show up and help them out of their predicament while the bandits hoped the Mechanical Marauders (271) would reinforce their attack. The HERD had started assembling the cannon but seemed short of a few Techno-nuts (155). Meanwhile a RAGE (173) had overtaken the bandits as they renewed there efforts on the magical gate built by the TechnoWizards (809) and The Dorks (1687). The newly arrived marauders tried to SPARK (563) a fire on the magic gate but it would not light. Unexpectedly Team MAX (1071) showed up and using a Kaizen Blitz (1276) tactic let loose even more Mechanical Mayhem (1519). Sie-H20-Bots showed up and tried to douse the mayhem but were quickly counterattacked by SciClones (596) created by the Robonauts (663) who had shown up in the Navigator (1686), their new ship. An Overclocked (246) Team GUS (228) and the Cruisin Crusaders (238) showed up. Meanwhile the Bandits had broken through the gate and taken a Buzz (175) saw to the still half built cannon. Team Paragon (571) and the Mechanicatz (1568) arrived at dusk when the action was settling down. Who will come out on top? Tune in for the next addition after the Chop Shop (166) gives their presentation on the formula TJ2 (88).

Comments anybody?