2 bots v. 3 bots Trailer question

[Nate Smith]

Originally Posted by Cory

Says who?

I have seen no response from the GDC indicating that this is the case.

While I am not part of the GDC, here are my thoughts on this...

I personally believe that the trailer will stay in its starting position if a team is not present. If the trailer is removed, this could potentially present a new set of strategic opportunities for an alliance. Based on the GDC's response to various questions in this year as well as years past, I do not believe they would create a situation where an alliance could say, "OK, team X that we're competing against in the next match has an awesome shooter(human or otherwise, you fill in the blanks yourself), so you(points to one team in the alliance) sit out due to a "broken" robot in this match. That will give them one less target to shoot for." Yes, the team would still have to have their Payload Specialist on the field to prevent a DQ, but the trailer would still be removed.

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by Cory

Says who?

I have seen no response from the GDC indicating that this is the case.

I honestly doubt that the GDC would ever rule that a no-show robot means a no-show trailer.

Otherwise you can have an entire alliance agree not to put their robots on the field, and guarantee a worst case score of a tie, best case scenario a win (one of their human players score into the opponent's trailer).

And if this was legal, why even build a robot?