The Best Idea Ever

[OneAngryDaisy]

Originally posted by Gadget470
why would you need to go under the bar with that strategy? (You start on the opponents drive side

my bad.. i was thinking about going-- never mind, that happens when you stay up late studying for final exams, neglecting sleep..

ah.. now, if you look at it at that perspective...

imagine a four-foot tall hat with a mirror at the top- that'd allow you to look over the wall, i doubt it'd be illegal since FIRST doesn't have any dress codes, and it's not interfering with the robots..

[Gadget470]

I believe that would qualify as "special equipment or clothing"

[OneAngryDaisy]

GM6-Special equipment and/or clothing will only be allowed on the playing field for those who demonstrate a need based on physical disability

you got me twice, gadget- good job..

a third try- what about someone who's so small they can't see over the control booth panel? I remember seeing some middle school kids last year having trouble seeing over

However, FIRST would probably give them a crate to stand on..

[Gadget470]

Goes with the game's theme.. to an extent

[jeremy562]

yes, i would me kind of mad and peeved that i couldn't do anything...... but get this THAT IS THE NATURAL REACTION TO LOSING or did you not know that?

I think you're missing the point.

Beating someone because you have a better machine and/or better drivers is one thing. Beating someone because of a cheap tactic like BLOCKING THEIR VISION is something entirely different.

If Beatty can control matches because of superior engineering and drivers, all power to them. They are an inspiration to other teams, and they have my respect!

[Ken Leung]

Needless to say, your opponent will do whatever they can to get your robot out of their sight... That includes driving their robot blindly into your robot that's blocking their driver at full speed. Since you blocked their vision, you cannot say they are intentionally attacking your robot since they do not know where their robot is heading in the first place. You better build a robot so strong that can take all the hits, or 3 or 4 rounds into the competition you are going to have a dead robot.

On a more positive reason for not doing this... If you have to block your opponent's vision to win the competition, then I say you learn nothing from the competition at all. The competition is supposed to teach you gracious professionalism, and it is a program that allow you to challenge your mind and your hand in a short period of time. If you have to use these short cuts to disable your opponent's team just to win the championship, then you don't deserve to win at all. You are only unfairly taking away other's chance to win the game, and you are wasting your's and everyone else's time this way.

Think more about this, and maybe... just maybe you will understand the spirit of the competition. If not, then you are in this for the wrong reason.