FIRST Rule Changes

[RRLedford]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

It would harm the team(s) that successfully identified this rule as presenting an opportunity to play the game more effectively by denying them the opportunity to play the game according to the rules. More significantly, however, it would harm the collective belief of FRC teams that good design will be rewarded with good results. We need to trust that if WE find a way to make a legal robot that can dominate the game that we will be allowed to dominate the game.

Its not like the strategy wasn't openly discussed here on Chief Delphi during build season, or that their design required resources that were beyond the reach of any of the rest of us. Any of us could have done this.

It's just that so far only one team... out of the several hundred to compete so far... has managed to find the will and the way to make it work with devastating effectiveness.

Let's celebrate their success, and find a way... within the rules... to deal with it.
Jason

I was asking how allowing expansion at either tower would hurt the GAME PLAY, not how it would affect any specific teams. Would it cause problems or increase damage possibilities? Obviously the loopers would be upset, since their exploit primarily depends on ONLY them having exclusive expanded access to this zone. It is also time for loopers to consider how their game exploit scheme might be having a detrimental effect on the quality of the competition. We will all deal with their scheme in whatever best ways we can come up with over the next few weeks. It just that, without a looper fairness rule change, it will no no longer be the same Breakaway game that it was earlier in the season.
-Dick Ledford

-Dick Ledford