Team Update #18

[Ben Piecuch]

Team Update #18 is posted.

(Sorry Wildstang...)

BEN

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Ben Piecuch

(Sorry Wildstang...)

There go our big plans. Once again Raul and Wildstang were one step ahead, and we were one step behind. It's too bad, I really liked the pre-stack strategy, it opened up some interesting possibilities.

[Jonathan Norris]

Aww they just had to ruin our fun

[Frinkahedron]

Too bad, it'd have been nice to see a few more teams pull that off.

[Alex Cormier]

Another thing for Copioli?

[Kevin Sevcik]

That seems like a pretty big change pretty late in the season. I realize 99% of the teams probably weren't actually planning on this during build season, but it's entirely possible someone was and is now caught out. I could understand changing the safety rules to require those robots to be disabled, but completely outlawing it with 3/5ths of the competitions gone seems odd. I do understand the logic, it just seems like a pretty big change.

[Rob]

Would it work to have a ringer between the two stacked robots? The rule says you can't touch other robots but the ringer would be between. It would be fun to see the head ref try to remove the ringer at the end of autonomous.

RAZ

[Joel J]

Originally Posted by Rob

Would it work to have a ringer between the two stacked robots? The rule says you can't touch other robots but the ringer would be between. It would be fun to see the head ref try to remove the ringer at the end of autonomous.

RAZ

ahahahaha.

[Kevin Kolodziej]

I don't like that the ruling has been changed now, after the strategy was actually used, when the very question was asked in the Q/A forum back in January and it was given the go-ahead.

I'm fine with not allowing it...but don't allow it from the start next time!

[GBIT]

Something makes me think they might have a small problem with that! Just Maybe.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

I find it unfortunate that they made this rule, as now robots that have drivetrain problems cannot help their alliance. With out this rule, even a dead 'bot could have been useful to their alliance. Now they won't even bother to bring a dead 'bot to the field

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Rob

Would it work to have a ringer between the two stacked robots? The rule says you can't touch other robots but the ringer would be between. It would be fun to see the head ref try to remove the ringer at the end of autonomous.

RAZ

If we have the change, I WILL try this. Hopefully to win, but if not atleast in protest of the constant rule changes.

After the made up rules that could've cost us a match, and these random team updates, I'm bringing the rules out on the field with me.

[Corey Balint]

Originally Posted by Karthik

There go our big plans. Once again Raul and Wildstang were one step ahead, and we were one step behind. It's too bad, I really liked the pre-stack strategy, it opened up some interesting possibilities.

Pardon my ignorance, what did Stang actually do?
I mean I think I know, but I am unsure.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Kevin Kolodziej

I don't like that the ruling has been changed now, after the strategy was actually used, when the very question was asked in the Q/A forum back in January and it was given the go-ahead.

You mean this Q&A response?

Originally Posted by Q&A

01-11-2007, 05:21 PM FRC1618

Starting Conditions

Section 7.3.3.1 dictates the starting conditions of the robot, but one question remains: Can a robot start on top of another robot, provided that both fit within their respective size restrictions?

01-14-2007, 10:37 AM GDC

Re: Starting Conditions

There is no rule that would prohibit this.

[meatmanek]

Huh.

meatmanek@yggdrasil /tmp $ xpdf 2007\ Team\ Update\ 18.pdf 
Error: Document has not the mandatory ending %EOF

It's been a long time since I've gotten a corrupt file through HTTP. Re-downloading worked fine.