im thinking a flapper intake that puts the bag onto a. catapult tha tcan launch the bags to level 3 also VEX staff can we pls pls pls remove the possesion limit if this post get like 100 to 500 likes smth?
First of all that’s not how it works. The game is supposed to be as balanced as possible. Students liking posts won’t change gdc opinion. For ideas, look at previous seasons, just take apart your old bot and start trying different ideas you have
I like that the current game will bring some teamwork back into play. Each team starts with the “wrong” color bags on their side and has to get them to the other side as efficiently as possible. Now add in the L4 goals and some teams will figure out how to use while other will concentrate on the corner ziggurats, especially the L3 (I am going by what my soon-to-be 6th grade son is planning) level. Regardless, will bring back some teamwork rather than just two 180 bots doing their own thing to be most successful, which is what happened with mix and match.
State of the art drawing right there
Scissor lifts will totally be the new meta
My team is planning to ditch the design I made and use a scissor lift instead.
I personally liked Mix and Match though, because you didn’t have to be lucky to be with a good alliance, and you could just do your own thing. I think games where teamwork is necessary, like Level up or Rapid Relay, have a higher luck factor to score better which I don’t like.
Please DON’T remove the one bag possession limit! This is the best part of the game. Make teams work together.
I really like the new game. Looks super interesting. Now, if teams would just come up with their own designs instead of “waiting for the meta” we might have something!
I would argue (as a coach, parent, and referee) that the teamwork aspect is more important than the score. Besides, for larger tournaments there will always be plenty of matches and things should roughly equalize for all the teams.
Teamwork/people skills, specifically working with team/people who may not be as sophisticated as you(rs), is one of those “life skills” that are actually far more meaningful than any score you might achieve in a kid’s game. This is part of the reason taking part in a team sport is just as valuable as individual sport - it forces you to meaningfully interact with other people who you might or might not choose to work with if simply left to your own devices. And it is especially important to learn the skill of working with people you might not like, or you think don’t perform as well as you do. Because that will occurring your whole life.
So I am glad there is a stronger teamwork aspect to this season’s game. While I realize that a meta will likely appear, I hope for a wider variety of bots this season. Are you better at L4 while slower on the corner pyramid goals? Fast at pyramid but unable to score L4? Good at passing beanbags to the other side of the field for match partner? This would be a great outcome, imo. It would make the game much more interesting and incentivize cooperation during teamwork matches.
good luck. i heard that the scissor lift was very unstable
If it doesn’t work, we have backup plans​
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There are a lot of joints in a scissors lift. Look at real-life scissors lift applications and try to find one that is applicable to what you want to build. Can you find many exaples where there is much weight hanging off the side of a scissor lift? Or are they more appropriate when loaded (lifting weight) directly vertical? Better yet, make a tall scissors lift and answer all these questions with a real-life example. Notebook the whole process for bonus points.