New Off-season Defenses

[Brian Sherman]

MAR will also not be providing the portcullis to off-season events. If anyone (or group) wants to design and build a replacement defense, we have a few bases available.

PM or email me.

[jodge1706]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

I think this would be a difficult change for FMS. Unless you just didn't get any points at all for crossing this defense in auto or teleop.

Why don't we do that? It will still allow robots designed solely for crossing defenses would still be able to cross, and it would make it easier for robots designed to shoot to do that. If anything, it think it would make the game more exciting, more high scoring shots.

[Bryan Herbst]

I wouldn't put nothing in the base- the holes in the platform for the defenses' wheels would be problematic for robot wheels.

A flat defense that you put in the slot with the mentioned rule change would certainly be interesting.

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by Tanis

I wouldn't put nothing in the base- the holes in the platform for the defenses' wheels would be problematic for robot wheels.

A flat defense that you put in the slot with the mentioned rule change would certainly be interesting.

"Why would they select to put nothing in the defense position? What is the other alliance playing at?? "

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu, Art of War

The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by waterwaterwater

Ok, I know we were talking about the portcullis, but I have an idea to replace the drawbridge visibility issues. For both the sallyport and drawbridge, replace the wooden part with clear lexan, but insert a low bar sized cutout (with a few inches on each side) that robots can drive through. In order to make it more difficult than the traditional lowbar, doing the portcullis/sallyport the "proper way" (ie. without just driving through the cutout) earns one more defense crossing than it would normally (ie. proper earns both for the breach or 2 of the 3 if one more crossing is added to the rules).

Somebody pulls that, we'll have too big of an advantage. Fully damaged drawbridge/sally port in auto or something like that. Rewards very few of the teams for putting in a lot of hard work, penalizes the rest of 'em.

[maxnz]

Originally Posted by waterwaterwater

Or the new pseudo low bar crossing adds one to your tower score.

You mean that they cross it like they would cross a drawbridge, right?

[JesseK]

Conveyor roller bridge of despair. PVC pipe around steel may work? Rough length the average wheel base at the event - probably something like 24-28". Peak height is close to the rock wall's height.

A rock wall made out of a roll of carpet that is allowed to deform over the course of a competition.

A quarter-height drawbridge with less spring force - most teams could probably add something to their CDF manipulators to solo this from the neutral zone.

2 punching bags or a few steel vertical pipes attached to a "high bar"

Rough terrain with 1" more variation in the height.

[NShep98]

Originally Posted by CalTran

Spoiler for 10th Defense?:

As much as we'd love to cart Tim around to every off-season event, I think we'll have to pass. It was hard enough getting him to two event in two pieces.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe

I have been informed that the portcullis will not be sent to off-season events due to safety concerns.

Was this from HQ, Andymark, or someone else? I'm just wondering what off-seasons won't have the portcullis.

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

Was this from HQ, Andymark, or someone else? I'm just wondering what off-seasons won't have the portcullis.

My mom's cousin heard from her friend who heard from her brother who heard from his barber who heard from his son that his teacher told him that his father's brother's sister's former roommate heard from Frank himself.

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

Was this from HQ, Andymark, or someone else? I'm just wondering what off-seasons won't have the portcullis.

From Frank

the base of the defense will certainly be sent. The idea would be (for events that don't want to create a new defense, though I think that's a neat idea!) is that the 'Category A' defense would just be the CDF, so in that category, there would be no real option, the CDF would just be put on the field.

[Ty Tremblay]

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by Ty Tremblay

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[Electronica1]

Could do astroturf, gravel (please don't use sand), or a turn table.

[Mr. Tatorscout]

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