Hi Chief Delphi,
I’ve had some strategy discussions so far in which people have thrown around some ambiguous terminology. This year’s field is different from the fields most years in that its ends are mirror images of each other. This means that pre-match strategizing using the terms “left” and “right”, as well as “Player Station 1” and “Player Station 3” should be discouraged. “Left” means closer to the loading stations for the red alliance, but means closer to the boilers for the blue alliance.
Many fields of science and engineering have less ambiguous terms to describe relative direction and location:
- fore
- aft
- port
- starboard
Some from anatomy and related fields:
- dorsal
- ventral
- anterior
- posterior
- proximal
- distal
Maybe for clarity and brevity, some common terminology should be used?
“Red Left” == “Blue Right” == Loadingstationside
“Red Right” == “Blue Left” == Boilerside
If your team wants to do a Michigan Left, though, you’re probably on your own. :yikes: