Re: If you could change one rule
I'd say the rule about actually touching the loading zone triangle was pointless. It made so many nice robots look very cheap with zip ties and junk hanging off the front. If a robot is clearly over it, then it would be touching it if something was hanging down, regardless of that something existing or not. Plus, what is easier for a referee to look at? A whole frame rail or bumper of a robot being over it? Or the tip of a minuscule thread or zip tie touching it?
And also I would never design a game where a single penalty due to an action committed by one robot can easily change the outcome of what would have been a very strong win for the alliance.
EDIT:
Hrrm, this post shouldn't have been included in the split from that other thread. It belongs there.
EDIT2: A better thread title would be "Should teams push themselves to make higher quality robots?"
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Last edited by sanddrag : 10-18-2005 at 10:37 PM.
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