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Re: [FTC]: Full Field vs Low-cost Field

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Originally Posted by ttldomination View Post
Well...it really depends year to year. In any particular case, having 100% of the field never gives a team a strategic advantage over the other
We have a full sized field and it does help because you can see how much time it take to do tasks, and we do drive practice with our sister team and run full matches agented each other and that helps a lot with strategy and driving. Also it is nice for doing demos. We use that same mats every year (we don't let people walk on them with shoes, so the don't get ruined as fast) and just make the components of the field every year. My point is that there is an advantage of having a full field to test and practice on.
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