[FTC]: Possession of Rolling Goal Question

[normalmutant]

Man, did we have trouble with this one. At most of the events we've been to so far, the referees told us that our robot doesn't meet the official definition requirements, which has led to a lot of discussion about the forum posts. I think that the forum has made their intentions clear as to what a robot should look like, but both we and the refs weren't sure whether the pull test overrules the definition. This has proven to be a problem for us, because we pass the pull test but don't quite fit the definition.
Concerning the game's similarity to Quad Quandary, I say it's okay. There's still the possibility of stealing the goals or putting them in the corners to make them inaccessible. The good thing is that everybody can have a goal; there's not going to be one robot doing all the work while their alliance partner sits and twiddles their thumbs. I also think that batons will play a big role in state and world championships. At scrimmages, most people won't have effective dispensing or scoring mechanisms. The matches will get much more exciting as the season progresses and the robots have the potential for more points.