pic: Dante Slash!

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by BRosser314

That was the most stupid thing I have seen all year, why would you slash it, arent they suppost to wait to see it they will drop it in the first few seconds of human operated period.

well, they took them off the field. during the elims, even if it hit the floor they took them off the field.

we went through about 8 red keepers, 0 blue keepers, 5 spoilers and about 75 ringers of both colors.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by BRosser314

That was the most stupid thing I have seen all year, why would you slash it, arent they suppost to wait to see it they will drop it in the first few seconds of human operated period.

Their job is to get the Keeper out ASAP so they can get on with the match.

[BRosser314]

I believe at GLR they left them in play if they were on the ground, I cante recal anywhere in the rules that they had to be removed from the field.

[Tetraman]

NO!! It's so painful to watch! It took so long to inflate those tubes!!

[The Lucas]

This particular tube was stuck between the 2 robots, so they couldnt just pull it out. As to why they they always remove the tubes, I would guess they want to avoid late keepers, especially those scored in the first secs of teleoperated mode.

[BRosser314]

Originally Posted by The Lucas

This particular tube was stuck between the 2 robots, so they couldnt just pull it out. As to why they they always remove the tubes, I would guess they want to avoid late keepers, especially those scored in the first secs of teleoperated mode.

Well the ones that are almost scored but they didnt drop i can see put the ones that are no where near the rack and they have to cut them, thats a waste, let tehm drop it

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by BRosser314

Well the ones that are almost scored but they didnt drop i can see put the ones that are no where near the rack and they have to cut them, thats a waste, let tehm drop it

It wasn't a waste. FLR only broke about 5 keepers all together. FIRST gives you about 15 keepers of each color for the regional, along with the extras that were used/not used in the previous regional.

We had plenty.

[The Lucas]

Originally Posted by BRosser314

Well the ones that are almost scored but they didnt drop i can see put the ones that are no where near the rack and they have to cut them, thats a waste, let tehm drop it

I agree it is a waste, and I think if you hold onto a keeper at the end of autonomous you should have to put it down safely in user mode, ensuring that your code/switches doesn't accidentally score it (if you can code autonmous, you can do this). However, the Refs are being consistent by removing all keepers from the field, and consistent officiating is always a good thing.

[Josh Goodman]

That was the most stupid thing I have seen all year, why would you slash it, arent they suppost to wait to see it they will drop it in the first few seconds of human operated period.

No, it has to be suspended from the spider leg by the end of autonomous in order for the keeper to count. If it isn't, it must be removed because it will screw up the scoring.

[BRosser314]

Originally Posted by Josh Goodman

No, it has to be suspended from the spider leg by the end of autonomous in order for the keeper to count. If it isn't, it must be removed because it will screw up the scoring.

Ya i understand about the ones that are almost scored, but what about the ones that are on the floor from a miss, they werene touching them at GLR unless they were almost scored

[KTorak]

At GLR, they left them in play (unfortunately). I though there was a rule about being able to release them and NOT score them after autonomous, otherwise you would get a penalty. I thought that rule was similar to the one about being able to remove a ringer at the end of the match without powering your robot up. However, many teams, such as mine, have to tether up at the end to lower the arm back down into position for travel to the pits.

EDIT: I thought it would be an interesting idea to drop it in the opposing alliances home zone during autonomous if you could not score...but since they removed them... :-\

[BRosser314]

Originally Posted by KTorak

At GLR, they left them in play (unfortunately). I though there was a rule about being able to release them and NOT score them after autonomous, otherwise you would get a penalty. I thought that rule was similar to the one about being able to remove a ringer at the end of the match without powering your robot up. However, many teams, such as mine, have to tether up at the end to lower the arm back down into position for travel to the pits.

Thanks for the conformation

[robostangs548]

I want one!

[Kati_Kat]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Hmmm. I've seen this show before.

I'm pretty sure that guy just completely massacred the keeper more than he needed to. Somebody has aggression issues...

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Kati_Kat

I'm pretty sure that guy just completely massacred the keeper more than he needed to. Somebody has aggression issues...

wow, i just saw the video and i am disapointed. he didn't even try to take out the keeper, he touched it and knifed it. jesh...