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Re: Please fix auto

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Originally Posted by ajd View Post
For example, in this last year's game, autonomous mode was worth a fairly significant number of points, but it relied on a team having a fully tested and operational autonomous in order to receive any reward. Why not allow "partial credit" - some points for doing the first (easy) step of autonomous, and then increasing points earned as teams accomplished more autonomously. (In 2011, this could have been, say, 3 points for following the line to the alliance wall in addition to the Ubertube bonus.) This would make it profitable for even rookie teams to create simple autonomous programs, giving them experience that they could build on in future years.
I'm sorry, but I would consider driving forward straight (and even using lego type programming of following the line) and hanging a tube on the lower or even the middle rack as a perfect example of partial credit and a very easy auton that should be able to be done by everyone.

I'm talking about the number of robots that still don't even move (not counting the ones holding a tube for other teams to run double auton).

The fact that teams spend time creating two or three tube autons to make up for their partners because they know that there will be a lot of teams with poor or no auton shows how deep the problem really is. When failure is expected, it's sad.

At least this year, teams could actually do something about it to make up for it. Last year they could do a little (cross the humps)... But, in all previous years it was very hard to overcome other teams poor or non-existent auton by yourself (except 1114 in 2008 when they would just do 17 laps by themselves in auton)....
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