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Spockie-Tech
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Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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My thoughts on these issues.
Interchangeable Weapons and Armour are fine by me in principle.. I like modular bots and clever designs.
The "Secret Weapon" technique is troublesome, especially if carried to extremes, and no tolerance will be shown to any robots that employ strategies like this. It creates too many potential problems for very little benefit to the competition fun.
To Clarify:
If you fit an additional weapon, any other device, or make significant modifications between rounds that have not been seen and pre-approved by the event organisers during our somewhat-casual
(for now)
Tech Inspections, then you may be required to be re-tech-inspected before fighting.
If you present your modified robot just prior to the start of a match and there is any suspicion that such modifications comprise a possible rule-violation, and there is no time for a proper tech-inspection, you will have about 30 seconds to remove your modifications, or you will
forfeit the match.
Tech Inspections will be conducted when and where the EO requires without regard to any desire for secrecy by competitors.
Weight wise:
I would suggest you weigh-in at the start with your heaviest combo that you are likely to use. You can of course re-weigh your robot at any stage during the competition, but the "official scales" will be in open view to everyone.
You may be re-weighed at any time prior to a match, and again, if you are found to be overweight on your way into the arena, you will have 30 seconds from the time your opponent is ready to remove something to get underweight, or forfeit.
So, if you are open with your modifications or modules, no problem. If you spring any controversial surprises on us in the middle of a competition, expect to get booted out at the slightest excuse. _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:03 pm |
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Spockie-Tech
Site Admin
Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Hmm, we have a note of dissention in the camp..
OK, While *I* like modular weapons, I can see Mels point of view about allowing significant mid-event changes to the robot.
BattleBots had a rule that in order to retain points from previous seasons, the robot had to remain in substantially the same configuration. Visual Appearance, Weapon Type, Armour Type etc.
Seeing as how you are expecting to maintain your place in the eliminations tree based on your previous fights..Should we perhaps apply this sort of rule *within an event* ?
IE. Is it fair that your robot won its first round with a spinning weapon attached and light/no armour when going up against a paper bot, changed to an all-around wedge with a spike on it with for round 2 when fighting an undercutter, and turned into an armoured weaponless Brick for the final against a bar spinner ?
Even if they were declared beforehand, this would seem to carry things a bit too far.
Other competitors opinions please? _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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Sun Jan 22, 2006 2:11 pm |
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