we’re opening the August 24th Soccer League Committee video call on the topic of the 2023 Soccer draft rules to the RoboCup Soccer Junior community at large. For people for whom the 21:00 UTC time is in the middle of the night we’re also doing an additional call at 09:00 UTC (also Aug 24th).
To be informed what we are going to be talking about you can refresh your memory of proposed rule changes in the 2023 draft rules and the reasons for those changes and arguments already made in the individual rule change threads linked from the main 2023 rules thread.
Best Regards and hope to see you on the call
David
May evolve for simulation to be compatible with https://robot-soccer-kit.github.io/ (i.e. omniwheels and shape to be adapted) - just an idea at this point
2023 Rules:
scrapped 9V limit: general agreement on searching for another way to limit high speeds (esp. LWL)
scrapping camera limits: no objections
allowing colored clothing: no objections
increase playing area size:
concern about OOB → had forgotten to put new OOB rule into the draft, thanks for the reminder
kicker regulations:
unclear phrasing pointed out
clarification to perform test with tournament ball requested
Communications module: Explained gradual phase-in and testing and that complex stuff will only get widely deployed after testing
Shade of green of carpet sometimes problematic
dark green not always feasible (thanks for input from different regions)
decided to put “dark if possible, teams have to expect anything” into rules
got pointed to golf balls not being hollow, removed that from rules
Entry rules:
Learned Japan runs 270ish entry teams mostly on Daisen platform
Concerns with draft that Standard Kit might become uncompetitive
spoke about option of running two leagues (1:1 standard kit + 1:1 LWL)
power limits like in LWL also issue in Entry
got suggestions of 1100g weight limit, wound up going into Entry rules draft
got input on field size range from regions, thank you for that