More than one minibot on robot

[davidthefat]

I assume you can try shooting it all the way across the field and hope they hook on. Kinda like a Hail Mary pass. You just need to make your bot very accurate and very rugged.

[Captain Cox]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

I assume you can try shooting it all the way across the field and hope they hook on. Kinda like a Hail Mary pass. You just need to make your bot very accurate and very rugged.

I like the optimism of your idea, but you have to deploy the robot at the base of the post.

[Cyberphil]

Originally Posted by Captain Cox

I like the optimism of your idea, but you have to deploy the robot at the base of the post.

Not really at the base. The deployment line is 18 inches above the base of the large part of the tower, which means it is a total of 30 inches above the floor. For it to be optimal, you would deploy it as fast and as high as possible to it gets to the top the fastest.

[ThePeracha]

Originally Posted by Captain Cox

I like the optimism of your idea, but you have to deploy the robot at the base of the post.

Are you positive? Where did you see that rule?

[Waffles]

It's not necessarily the BASE. When you "deploy":

DEPLOYMENT – the act of positioning a MINIBOT on a TOWER. DEPLOYMENT starts when the MINIBOT breaks the vertical projection of the TOWER BASE circumference during the END GAME. (Related form, DEPLOY, verb)

DEPLOYMENT LINE – located on the POST, approximately 18 inches above the top surface of the BASE.

These are the Manual definitions.

I believe you have an 18" buffer zone on which you PLACE the minibot.

(Otherwise, correct me if I'm wrong)

[ThePeracha]

Originally Posted by Waffles

It's not necessarily the BASE. When you "deploy":

DEPLOYMENT – the act of positioning a MINIBOT on a TOWER. DEPLOYMENT starts when the MINIBOT breaks the vertical projection of the TOWER BASE circumference during the END GAME. (Related form, DEPLOY, verb)

DEPLOYMENT LINE – located on the POST, approximately 18 inches above the top surface of the BASE.

These are the Manual definitions.

I believe you have an 18" buffer zone on which you PLACE the minibot.

(Otherwise, correct me if I'm wrong)

Can it be thrown above the line?

[Waffles]

Originally Posted by ThePeracha

Can it be thrown above the line?

If you do it above the line, it must be during the End game period I think?

I'm not absolutely POSITIVE though.

[goldenglove002]

This was one of my first thoughts when they were talking about sharing minibots. I definitely think it's possible to do, though very difficult.

After perusing through the manual it is definitely a question for Q&A.

Wording seems to imply the use of one bot, but never says anything definite against having two.