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Re: pic: 179 Swampthing 2011

Thanks!
Yep, Evan is our senior driver from last year. He's awesome. We set the controls up to try and make it easy for him. He's put in double the practice time than any of our former drivers.

As far as the floor loading, I think if we had to play defense, the main thing we would do is chase/block any tube the floor loaders are after. We did quite well at that in 2007. We shut teams down consistently doing that. However trying to block a bot with a good drive train from traversing the field is near impossible. You can slow them down a bit but not stop them, especially with multiple access points. Plus I was worried about getting the floor loader broken in rough defense. There will be solid great floor loaders, but there will also likely be a defender every match looking for them. And playing keep away with the tubes will be the most effective defense.
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