My organization still uses the older competition field tile kit instead of the newer anti-static field tiles, so I was wondering whether the older field tiles are still legal for competition use or not. In 2019, when the anti-static field tiles were introduced, it was mentioned that both versions of the field tiles would be legal for the ‘next few years’ but, at least to me, it’s unclear whether it is still legal:
The product page of the legacy field tiles (above) shows that the older field tiles are still legal for use (with it indicating that it is VRC, VAIRC and VEX U legal), but Appendix A of the game manual for Over Under (and, as far as I know, all game manuals after Tower Takeover do not list both field options, with only the anti-static version listed in the field bill of materials. Specifically, in the Tower Takeover manual, it was mentioned that both field tile types were legal:
I started considering this issue after field installation for Over Under because the standoffs used to connect the field elements and the metal plates underneath the field didn’t seem to go into certain gaps particularly well and, in some occasions, caused minor damage to the older field tiles. I felt that this could be because of foam tile legality, so I wanted to see whether there were any clarifications.
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Seems like there is no update regarding this…
The reason that I made this forum post is because of (at least to me) conflicting information in regard to the use of the older field tiles from the information on the product page and in the game manual.
Maybe this is worth a Q&A?
Does anyone mind submitting a Q&A for this? I don’t have access to the robotevents account for my team. Thanks!
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There is this note on pages 9 and 10 of appendix A:
Which implies that not using anti-static tiles is still allowed.
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Interesting observation!
The older field tiles (not the anti-static ones) come with colored field tiles (two blue and two red) that make up the field with the grey tiles, if the older field tiles are allowed, how would the color field tiles be placed?
We decided to put the colored field tiles under the respective alliance goal (red tiles under the red goal, blue tiles under the blue goal) since we felt that this was the most logical choice. In past seasons, the placement of colored field tiles would be specified in the game manual in Appendix A.
Sorry for bringing this up again, but could someone ask in Q&A about using the old foam tiles? The game manual for High Stakes leaves this up in the air again. I can’t get ahold of my mentor until late August, and we need to decide on buying new field tiles by early August, so it would be appreciated if anyone could help.
