<G14> - ya win some, ya lose some

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Urban Hawk

besides the whole problem that 0 x infinity is equal to 0 and therefore any number greater then 0 can't be a multiplication of 0 because the number needed to get 0 as a multiplication of the score would be undefined and therefore couldn't be done.

correct me if you think i'm wrong

I don't care how badly mangled your arithmetic logic may be, I will posit that it just doesn't matter. The entire question is irrelevant and not worth arguing. Why? Because we will never see a zero point score in a regulation match of Lunacy.

This is patently obvious to anyone that has spent more than five minutes really trying to understand the flow of the game. The match starts with all three of the Payload Specialists on the Alliance armed with a minimum of 13 available Moon Rocks and located within 24 inches of an open, static target. They can immediately start pelting the opposing trailer located right in front of them as fast as they are able. Even if the opposing robot and trailer accelerate away as quickly as they are able, a typically competent player will be able to get off four shots before the trailer is even remotely out of range.

All the robots on your alliance don't work? Who cares. All the robots on the opposing alliance are traction-control demons and accelerate twice as fast as every other robot? Who cares. The opposing human players are all retirees from the Harlem Globetrotters and the alliance captain is Meadowlark Lemon? Who cares. The only way you get a zero point score is if all three of your Payload Specialists show up with their arms tied behind their backs, wearing double-blindfolds, and throwing the Moon Rocks with their feet.

How certain am I about this? Well, let me put it this way:

If in the entirety of the 2009 FRC competition season, there is more than one legitimate match (honestly played, in which both alliances are trying to play within the rules and intent of the game, and neither alliance is intentionally avoiding scoring) in which either alliance attains a pre-penalty score of zero (0) points, I will swear off Krispy Kreme donuts for one calendar year.

Yes, I am that certain of it. So can we just stop this whole silly discussion now?

-dave



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