[Brian Ha]

About the minibot stuff, KEEP THEM SECURE!!! In one of the first matches, a minibot fell off and then it got bashed to death really, so watch out. Also another thing, watch your manipulator, roller or claw, be able to pull it up quick, i saw team 27 rush, get their one of their side aligners for tubes get decimated and bent, it looked bad but i think they fixed it. So all's good, but watch it and teams will not be afraid to hit it. Also a team with a solid fast strong def bot with a minibot without a arm is very effective. Team 3536 yea a rookie got 2nd seed because their minibot was very consistent, maybe slow but it got their and they did very well. Also the good teams will have dead programming for autonomous, or watever you call it, thats how its done, the lines are iffy and robots shake a lot when they get close to the poles when going fast so cameras get messed up. Do what works and make it work. Another thing teams with a beast of a hp lik us will not pick feeders, they will have no need for you so you might want to change your robot a little because we had a feeder bot at kettering 314 big mo basically they went down out scouting choice for the fact that they are a feeder and we didnt need them. AUTONOMOUS IS A DEFINITE NEED!!! Minibots will play less and less of a role when teams have a auto robot and a robot that has a good hanging arm. Also YOU DONT HAFTA SCORE ON THE TOP MIDDLE PEG IN AUTO, ITS THE SAME AMOUNT OF POINTS ON ANY OTHER PEG AND THE OTHERS ARE LOWER!!! SO DO THAT!! instead. Also be able to score in the middle of the two racks because most teams don't have that option and its not that hard its just turning how high you raise the arm a little and just lining it up from a different spot. It can be done. And minibot isnt required by me, but if your a rookie team, do that instead of an arm, follow in 3536 footsteps, they got seed 2 just because of a slow but consistent minibot and a very good defensive robot. Hands off to their driver who definately has gotten the hang of it. Also logos logos logos, they are key but if you have no time to score a logo just got top rack even if its 3 triangles because no matter what its not a big deal. Anyways thats all ill say for now until week 3. Thanks for reading and a shout out to the electro eagles, loved meeting you guys months ago, and love seeing you guys kick some butt out there.