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Re: First 10 Seconds

First of all thanks a ton for the input.

If I may play devils advocate for the sake of better strategy; If you throw the circle first off then your robot is just going to be sitting waiting for the circle to get there. If it's waiting it's not scoring points. Wouldn't you rather try and have your bot finish autonomus as close to the middle of the field as you feel safe, toss something in to the feeding zone and then throw a circle if the human player thinks it will clear? The way I see it if you can autonomously drive close to the feeding station that's a head start from A to B you won't get any other time.

But is that little head start worth not throwing a circle?
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