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Re: Super Cell Scoring Question posted 2X by me on Q&A but no reply??

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Hence the thread title- I already posted 2X- I'm one of the lead mentors, and posted the question 2X (yes using the passwd) but have yet to hear a peep.
I don't know if it's necessary to post twice- they will read all the questions. They have been unusually slow about answering, though, and I'm not sure why that is happening. It's incredibly frustrating.


To answer your original question though, it doesn't say anywhere (specifically) that a robot cannot score a supercell. However, it doesn't say that it can't either. (Also, I don't see why a robot wouldn't be allowed to score a game piece...) I never had any doubts that robots were allowed to score supercells.
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Unread 12-01-2009, 11:53
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Re: Super Cell Scoring Question posted 2X by me on Q&A but no reply??

So counting me and Doug Adams, the question has been submitted 3X to the Q&A system-

Still no answer.... They seem to be answering a lot of other questions....
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Re: Super Cell Scoring Question posted 2X by me on Q&A but no reply??

I imagine the GDC has hundreds if not thousands of questions to sift through, consolidate, edit, and answer. I don't know how many GDCers there are on the FIRST forums, and I'm guessing they all have 'real jobs' in their lives as well. Our team has posed about a half dozen questions and have seen no response; I'm not too concerned. I believe they'll get to it when they get to it, and once again the GDC is teacing us a valuable lesson - patience is a virtue.
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Re: Super Cell Scoring Question posted 2X by me on Q&A but no reply??

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Re: Super Cell Scoring Question posted 2X by me on Q&A but no reply??

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The narration for the game animation says:
"During the last 20 seconds of the match, humans or robots can score bonus points by getting super cells into opposing trailers."
The game animation says yes, but I think the GDC should confirm this officially.
Don't rely on the game animation to be your rule explinations, every year we have to explain to our rookie members that most of the robots in the animation break some rule. That animation should only be used to explain the object of the game to a non-competitor.
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Re: Super Cell Scoring Question posted 2X by me on Q&A but no reply??

It has been officially announced (Update #3). Go ahead and use your robot to score them.
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Re: Super Cell Scoring Question posted 2X by me on Q&A but no reply??

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Don't rely on the game animation to be your rule explinations, every year we have to explain to our rookie members that most of the robots in the animation break some rule. That animation should only be used to explain the object of the game to a non-competitor.
Every year I am amused by the notion that there are many comments about the various cartoon robots in the kick-off animation that violate rule X, Y or Z in the course of demonstrating the concept of how the game is played. But no one ever seems to have a problem with the fact that most of the robots defy several laws of physics during the course of the same animation.

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p.s. just for the record, every year the animation is correct and compliant with all the rules at the time it is rendered. However, the final versions of the rules and the animation are done in parallel. More than once, a rule has been tweaked at the last minute that causes something in the animation to become illegal. But there is no time to correct the animation before the kick-off, so it just goes "as is." And if you are wondering just how close we cut things when finishing the rules and the animation, this year was a classic example. I flew to Manchester to go to kick off and deliver the animation at 7:30am on Jan 1. The animation had not been completed and the final edits done until 3:40 that morning.

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Re: Super Cell Scoring Question posted 2X by me on Q&A but no reply??

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... no one ever seems to have a problem with the fact that most of the robots defy several laws of physics during the course of the same animation.
Everyone knows that cartoon robots are allowed to violate laws of physics!
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Re: Super Cell Scoring Question posted 2X by me on Q&A but no reply??

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Everyone knows that cartoon robots are allowed to violate laws of physics!
Hey Dave (and Rick), have you ever heard of Wiley's Law?
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