capping the tower

[mwtidd]

I was curious if people think capping a tower with a tube would be legal or not.

[SteveGPage]

Originally Posted by lineskier

I was curious if people think capping a tower with a tube would be legal or not.

Are you asking if a tube gets tossed from the human player position and it accidently gets hooked around the tower? Or are you asking if you can cap it intentionally?

[mwtidd]

Originally Posted by SteveGPage

Are you asking if a tube gets tossed from the human player position and it accidently gets hooked around the tower? Or are you asking if you can cap it intentionally?

Intentionally. Basically it comes down to are whether or not actions done in the teleop period applicable to penalties in the endgame period

[Duke461]

Originally Posted by lineskier

I was curious if people think capping a tower with a tube would be legal or not.

<G23> Contact (via ROBOT or GAME PIECE) with the opposing ALLIANCE’S TOWERS is
prohibited.
Violation: RED CARD

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by Duke461

<G23> Contact (via ROBOT or GAME PIECE) with the opposing ALLIANCE’S TOWERS is
prohibited.
Violation: RED CARD

That rule is in the End Game section.

[Duke461]

Originally Posted by Vikesrock

That rule is in the End Game section.

my bad. i dont see anything against it, but that would be really hard and they still would have (18) minus (laying sideways height of tube) inches for deployment room. and if you put a bunch over their tower actually scoring them would benefit you more.

[mwtidd]

Originally Posted by Duke461

my bad. i dont see anything against it, but that would be really hard and they still would have (18) minus (laying sideways height of tube) inches for deployment room. and if you put a bunch over their tower actually scoring them would benefit you more.

Assuming your minibot is 12" big you would have a 6" window to place it, also you couldn't place it on the base, which may be some teams strategies. blocking a potential 50 points would have drastic implications

[SteveGPage]

Originally Posted by lineskier

Assuming your minibot is 12" big you would have a 6" window to place it, also you couldn't place it on the base, which may be some teams strategies. blocking a potential 50 points would have drastic implications

Sounds like a good question for the Q&A!

[DonRotolo]

<G23> covers opposing towers, and (unless it's within the last 10 seconds) you can't break the plane of the base of the tower without penalty (can't find that rule, but it was specifically called out at kickoff).

[mwtidd]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

<G23> covers opposing towers, and (unless it's within the last 10 seconds) you can't break the plane of the base of the tower without penalty (can't find that rule, but it was specifically called out at kickoff).

I think breaking the plane classifies as deployment which would be covered in the rule. However I think this only applies to breaking the plane in your tower.

Also G23 is only covered by the end game, not the teleop period.

[PAR_WIG1350]

<G48>?
Strategies aimed at the... entanglement of... MINIBOTS... are not allowed... Violation: PENALTY, plus potential... YELLOW CARD

[mwtidd]

Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350

<G48>?
Strategies aimed at the... entanglement of... MINIBOTS... are not allowed... Violation: PENALTY, plus potential... YELLOW CARD

note the title of the section: "Robot-Robot Interaction"

*Section 3.1.9 GO 319!

[Grim Tuesday]

Another issue here is the definition of deployment "the act of positioning a minibot on the tower"

Well, if interfering with deployment could be considered as interfering from a robot getting in position to position the minibot on the tower.

[ATannahill]

I don't believe there is any rule governing it.

Before we go any further, is there a why behind this?

[EricH]

I don't think it would have any effect other than blocking the lights on the top and annoying the field crew who has to retrieve the tube that's now >10' in the air. And keeping a tube out of play.

Is it possible to do? I think so. But I also think that risk/reward just ain't in favor of doing so.

I'd personally (and I'm not a ref) call putting a tube over the tower as intentionally blocking deployment via pole contact, if it made it to the bottom. That's not a light penalty, either.