What is a hurdle?

[popo308]

Originally Posted by chaineezee

can we catapult launch the ball?

I don't know can you??

[billbo911]

A question we had regarding this is if the TRACKBALL is allowed to come in contact with the bridge during the act of Hurdling? Does it in fact need to pass completely over without touching the bridge.

I know, this is really a question for the GDC.

[George A.]

I don't know if I'm insane or I'm just missing this. I remember someone during the kickoff say that in order for a hurdle to count that the ball had to touch the ground first, then go over the overpass, and then touch the ground/another robot.

However according to the definition of Hurdling in the Game Manual it just says it has to go over the overpass and contact the floor/another robot before re-contacting the original robot...so does this mean we don't have to do anything special before we hurdle?

[MNov]

Originally Posted by George A.

I don't know if I'm insane or I'm just missing this. I remember someone during the kickoff say that in order for a hurdle to count that the ball had to touch the ground first, then go over the overpass, and then touch the ground/another robot.

However according to the definition of Hurdling in the Game Manual it just says it has to go over the overpass and contact the floor/another robot before re-contacting the original robot...so does this mean we don't have to do anything special before we hurdle?

Either you have to be moving forwards, or the ball has to be above the lane divider before you hurdle.

[Mike Schreiber]

Originally Posted by MNov

HURDLING: The act of completing a HURDLE. To be considered in the process of HURDLING,
the ROBOT must:
• be in its own HOME STRETCH, and
• be in POSSESSION of a TRACKBALL, and
• be moving toward the OVERPASS and/or elevating the TRACKBALL so that the top of the
TRACKBALL is higher than the LANE DIVIDER.

As long as you fulfill these requirements, so you'll have to catapult the ball while moving.

But what's that last part mean? Does the robot have to be in contact with the ball until it reaches the height of the lane divider in order to be in possession? or can we just spread appart our shooter wheels from '06 a little

[lukevanoort]

I don't feel that the definition of hurdling is relevant here.

Originally Posted by Section 7: The Game

HURDLE: When a TRACKBALL CROSSES a FINISH LINE while passing above the OVERPASS
and then contacts either the floor or another ROBOT before re-contacting the originating ROBOT.

Originally Posted by Section 7: The Game

<G11> Each TRACKBALL that HURDLES its own FINISH LINE will earn 8 points (2 points for
CROSSING the FINISH LINE – re Rule <G10> - and a 6 point bonus, yielding 8 points
total).

So it seems to me that a catapult fits the requirement to score since the ball is going over the overpass and will definitely hit the ground/another robot afterwards. In the rulebook, the definition of hurdling only seems to matter for obstruction/defense related rules.

[StephLee]

Originally Posted by lukevanoort

I don't feel that the definition of hurdling is relevant here.



So it seems to me that a catapult fits the requirement to score since the ball is going over the overpass and will definitely hit the ground/another robot afterwards. In the rulebook, the definition of hurdling only seems to matter for obstruction/defense related rules.

I agree. HURDLING is a definition meant to protect a robot while it is scoring from aggressive play that is otherwise legal; a HURDLE is what happens when the trackball passes over the overpass and touches the ground or a non-originating robot. At least that's how I read it.