The 2008 Beantown Blitz (Hosted by team #125)

[Spider-Man]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

Despite my hardest attempts to be as lazy as possible with this, the golden trackball details have arrived....below is the list of rule changes for the 2008 Beantown Blitz. Comments are of course always welcome, and I'd be glad to answer any questions.


General Rules:

1. The “freeze frame” method of scoring is gone at the beantown blitz. The robots and balls will be scored when they come to REST, not when the buzzer sounds. Yes this applies for hybrid mode too.
2. A <G22> modification will be made for the lane dividers only (not the start/finish lines). A robot must completely cross back over a lane divider to be penalized, as opposed to the current rule of any part crossing back over to be penalized.

Golden Ball Rules:

3. Two Golden Balls will be perched above each alliance station (1 over red, 1 over blue). They will be on a ramp and locked in such a way that only 1 can be released in any given match (which one that is released is dependent upon hybrid mode, see below). The golden ball is the same size and weight as the regular trackballs, but just gold in color.
a. The golden ball will be awarded to the team that scores the most in Hybrid mode.
b. That hybrid winning alliance will have the ability to release the ball into the field of play at their discretion.
c. The Golden ball can be possessed by any team (and scored by any team for that matter)
d. It can be scored like any other trackball, with a few exceptions. There are 2 additional points awarded when scoring the Golden ball.
i. 4 points for a herd
ii. 10 points for a hurdle
iii. NO POINTS for capping the golden ball at the end of regulation!!***


See everyone at the blitz, where there are even more surprises in store!

FIRST rules state that points go to the alliance with the same color as the trackball. As you state the rules, wouldn't the trackball score 4 points for each alliance as it passed around the track, i.e. redabot scores 10 points for a hurdle while giving up 4 points to the blue alliance as the ball is taken over the blue finish line?