Use this as a skill builder. "The world is not perfect. How can the team overcome the possible non-slipping if it happens during the tournament? What can they add to the programming to "convince" the rat to make the full decent?" These were the questions I posed to my team to get them to problem solve this situation. They came up with a idea pretty immediately. Good luck to your team at state, Brandy On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Aucoin, Bill (ES) <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > You have to read the Game Updates to get the answer to this and similar > questions. See: http://firstlegoleague.org/challenge/robotgameupdates**** > > *28 - RATS AND CORN MALFUNCTION** > *Don't expect a benefit-of-the-doubt ruling if you gently push on a rat > slide and the rat doesn't come down. Even with a slide in perfect > condition, you have to give that model an honest smack to get the rat's > weight off the slide (lighten up, rat!), and guarantee its descent. That's > just the nature of the model, and all correctly built models behave the > same. However, it is well known by now that the rat slides and corn > harvester do need maintainance (see "Field Setup") in order to work like > they did when they were correctly built (clicked pin connections for the > slides, and spread walls for the harvester). This post is to remind you > about Rule 14's "Quality Control" procedure. You share the responsibility > for being sure the models are in tip-top shape if those models are critical > to your game. It so happens that when the robot interacts with these > particular models, it's only half way toward earning full credit for the > associated missions, so benefit-of-the-doubt is much harder for the ref to > give. The ref can still give you that favorable call, but It has to be > REALLY obvious that a failure was the model's fault. So do your part to > reduce your chance of depending on a benefit-of-the-doubt call.**** > > Best Regards,**** > > Bill**** > > ** ** > > *From:* First Lego League in Virginia and DC [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Denise Snyder > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 22, 2011 10:55 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* EXT :[VADCFLL-L] Rat not sliding**** > > ** ** > > **** > > Ok - we've been getting the Rat on a regular basis - the Robot is there, > the catching container is there, the slide is activated - and now the rat > appears to be getting stuck on the slide - the robot returns to base, minus > the rat - if this happens during the state tournament will the team get > credit for the rat?**** > > **** > > Denise Snyder **** > > Coach **** > > Fungi's **** > ------------------------------ > > 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. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe.**** > ------------------------------ > 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. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. -- 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. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.