The rules are designed to encourage outside-of-the-box thinking, and the constraints are not intended to be real-world. 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I actually thought it > was very creative and not cheating. There is some margin of risk in that as > well, because jerkiness or moving the shark to the second square is > riskier. > > > Sreeram > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* First Lego League in Virginia and DC <[log in to unmask]> > on behalf of Tim <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Monday, November 21, 2016 3:53 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [VADCFLL-L] Shark-transport mission > > Hello all, > > I have a quick question regarding the shark-transport mission. At my > team's regional tournament, I noticed a lot of team have a set up like > this: > - The shark is taken out of the shark tank > - The tank is then turned upside down > - The shark is place on its side (not standing), "on" the bottom of the > tank (since the tank was turned upside down, the bottom is now the top) > > Now with that set up, they can easily push the shark tank to the target > location and still satisfies the requirements: > - Shark and tank are completely in Target > - Shark touching only the tank floor (NOT wall) > - Nothing touched the Shark except the tank > > Is this method allowed? I would like to know since I am preparing my > team for the Championship event. To be honest, I feel like this is > cheating but the ref. did not say anything to teams that did this. > > Best, > Tim > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > > -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via > VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. 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