[Basel A]

Originally Posted by Norman J

I disagree on this point. The HP needs to be good and smart. A human player who is practiced enough to throw all 3 shapes consistently into the scoring area or even within a few feet of it will be incredibly valuable. Each throw he/she makes saves that alliance two trips across the field through defense. He/she has to be good because a bad throw will not only not help at all, but save the other alliance two trips across the field through defense.

I agree that would be valuable, but I think what is necessary and likely will be a smart human player. They don't necessarily need to get it to the scoring zone, but they need to be accurate and make it past the midfield line. Farther is better, but most important is that it lands closest to an alliance robot.

That said, I will always take a feeder who can throw into the scoring zone every time than one that can very accurately place tubes in the near midfield area. Once inside the scoring zone, for the better robots, it's only a matter of a few seconds to score.