Worst you've seen to the Defenses?

[Adithya Balaji]

Return of Team 900

The Field Strikes Back


See Kevin's post above for the robot in action!

[jwfoss]

Originally Posted by Eric Scheuing

I seem to recall 558 causing some Sally Port carnage at one of the NE district events... I think it might have been Hartford.

Our base driver had a love/hate relationship with the Sally Port this year. It was damaged in a number of matches and the field crew gave the team some pieces as a trophy (notably a gas shock and a piece of the frame itself).

[Eric Scheuing]

Originally Posted by jwfoss

a piece of the frame itself

Yup, that's the one I was remembering!

[SpoonMechanic]

I believe it was at the Chesapeake District Championship (home of the dramatic e-stop malfunction) where someone attempted to cross the ramparts at high speed and sent them flying across the field.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by KJaget

Probably not the worst, but one I have a video of :

So, for purposes of shooting and being defended... did they complete a crossing?

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

So, for purposes of shooting and being defended... did they complete a crossing?

My guess it would be a field fault.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by rsisk

My guess it would be a field fault.

It would. But Alex got the point of the question - Playing the game of "not a field fault" would this constitute a valid cross. It was an exercise in rule reading for folks.

[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

So, for purposes of shooting and being defended... did they complete a crossing?

Originally Posted by 2016 STRONGHOLD MANUAL

A DEFENSE is CROSSED by a ROBOT when that ROBOT
■ starts free of contact with the DEFENSE and completely in the NEUTRAL ZONE
■ traverses the DEFENSE such that its BUMPERS go fully between the adjacent SHIELDS/GUARDRAIL,
and
■ ends up fully contained by the opponent’s COURTYARD

I think it counts as crossed. The robot ends fully contained by the opponent's courtyard. Nothing says it has to end completely free of contact with the DEFENSE.

[first3234]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

I think it counts as crossed. The robot ends fully contained by the opponent's courtyard. Nothing says it has to end completely free of contact with the DEFENSE.

It does count as a crossing but thanks to the rock wall coming out of the outer works it is a field fault

[Sperkowsky]

The defenses at the Suffield Shakedown were all wood and were beat HARD. I saw ramparts become a ramp. Drawbridges and portcullises becoming open doorways and overall some pretty badly beaten field elements.

[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by first3234

It does count as a crossing but thanks to the rock wall coming out of the outer works it is a field fault

I didn't say it wasn't a field fault, I just answered Andrew's question.

[Kartoffee]

Worst I've seen was actually our team, at the Lakeview competition (Week 2). We were crossing the moat, got stuck 3 wheels in, and our clamping gearbox was bashing into the moat beam repeatedly. I was in the spy box when I saw our entire axle assembly fall apart, and I didn't know if the drivers knew. I was signaling wildly to stop, because they kept moving. Later in that match, our alliance tried helping us to the batter without letting us know, so we took a lot of damage in the impact then. The worst part is that we were queued right away. We lost that match with a grand total of zero boulders scored, but managed to get 3 RP in the next match after running across the massive high school to the machine shop. Unfortunately TBA has videos of all our matches except that one.

Edit: I misread the post. I thought it was the worst damage done by a defense to a robot, not the opposite.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Kartoffee

Edit: I misread the post. I thought it was the worst damage done by a defense to a robot, not the opposite.

Your misreading was a misread. Damage goes both ways in this thread.

[Kartoffee]

Originally Posted by EricH

Your misreading was a misread. Damage goes both ways in this thread.

Lol thanks Eric.

[PatEhrgott]

The worst I've seen done to the field was at week one Hatboro-Horsham. I think the photo will speak for itself.


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