[martin417]

Originally Posted by WizenedEE

...However, if an experienced team makes the (flawed) design decision to not floor-load (which happens, we thought that no tubes at all would be on the floor), they would just waste all that work they did to make an arm completely? Seriously, it's a real shame if a team spends a ton of work on something and then can't use it, and because of this "cheap trick," it might have all been for naught (of course, not all teams will do it...)

Flawed in your opinion. Don't assume that a non-floor loading bot is an inferior bot. Many people on CD are saying that if a bot can't floor load, they can't win. I still think that it is possible for a bot to do very well as a slot loader only. Time will tell