Mini Bot - displeasure

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

I really do not like the adjustment of the Minibot rules in Team Update #1. Honestly, just when I thought FIRST had finally created an FRC game without any near universally-hated rules, they went ahead and made one in TM 1.

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And as a result of this update forcing all Minibots to be propelled exactly the same (good bye innovative ideas and inspiration, hello clone bots), I expect ~90% of Minibot teams to reach the trigger within 0.25 sec of each other. Now the Minibot bonuses will literally be decided each match by statistical luck more than anything else.

This exactly. I was very much looking forward to all the neat methods of mechanical energy storage teams were going to use to power their minibots.

It seems like a little bit of a snub to not allow Tetrix components, but I suppose I understand the logic. Either you use their components, or you build your own. Requiring teams to use the the FTC controllers and not providing them to every team seems rather silly to me...

(This is the case correct -- every team is not guaranteed the FTC stuff with their kit?)

The real question is, just how many VEX stickers will Team IFI plaster on their Tetrix minibots?