Rule change suggestions for MARC 2010

[fuzzy1718]

Maybe early expansion if the intent is obviously to hang? I hated when you could tell people were trying to hang before the last 20 secs and they would get bumped off the tower for a sec while trying to line up, get a penalty and negate their effort. Also it would encourage more hanging. I havn't cross referanced the team list or anything, but I remember a ton of robot who took a long time to line up, would get it, and the buzzer would sound before they could lift. Many will chalk it up to design flaws, but it is the off season lets shoot for the most fun and not so many pesky rules.

Also I vote that ther should be a rule against high speed ramming. with the bumper zones where they are, alot of robots will flip if high speed rammed. trust me... we did and our CG is like 2 inches off the ground.

[kenavt]

Originally Posted by fuzzy1718

Maybe early expansion if the intent is obviously to hang? I hated when you could tell people were trying to hang before the last 20 secs and they would get bumped off the tower for a sec while trying to line up, get a penalty and negate their effort. Also it would encourage more hanging. I havn't cross referanced the team list or anything, but I remember a ton of robot who took a long time to line up, would get it, and the buzzer would sound before they could lift. Many will chalk it up to design flaws, but it is the off season lets shoot for the most fun and not so many pesky rules.

I would have to agree with this. A couple of times we would go to hang early, only to get penalties because we would be an inch away from the tower. It was noticeable, but... we were not trying to completely choke the game by then expanding and blocking the whole field, or punching out an arm to knock a robot out.

Perhaps... within five inches of the tower, you can go into final configuration mode, or something. I think it's too late for a team to design a robot to be a chokehold on the game because of that rule now, so that's what I'll advocate.

[musicspeaks]

I don't necessarily think that hanging should be worth any more points.

I do, however, think suspensions should be worth MUCH more! I feel like suspending should be a serious game breaker. Not to mention, I'm going to be really disappointed if I don't see any more of these.