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Unread 17-05-2011, 08:56
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Re: Please fix auto

If a student of mine raised these concerns, my response to them would be simple:

"Talk to me when you've consistently hung 3 ubertubes in competition"

How many ubertubes did your team hang? Answer honestly, and you'll find out 95% of FRC teams still can't properly program with encoders and gyros. That includes your team, and mine - we only had a 1-tube auton, and it was a significant disadvantage when faced up against 1114 and 2056. We haven't yet mastered the encoder and gyro.

Until then, you've proven nothing, and have no good reason to be asking for anything "more difficult." Show that you understand encoders and gyros first, and can do them well. Show that you can have more fun doing something "simple" that works extremely well, every single time, then something "fun" that barely works at all.

As for autonomous being worth "only" 24 points in a 150 game... talk to a veteran strategian on any team that could consistently score over 120 points. Ask them just how important those paltry 24+ autonomous points were...
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