The rules are designed to encourage outside-of-the-box thinking, and the
constraints are not intended to be real-world.  I am impressed with that
level of thinking, and commend those teams for opening their minds!



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On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Sreeram Venkataraman <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:

> It was accepted in the location we went to as well. 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
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