Thread: Bump or bridge?
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Re: Bump or bridge?

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Originally Posted by Soxfan269
Also anyone planning on just going over the bump is forgetting a very important thing. You will have to have a way to get onto the bridges for end game. For these reasons the people who are planning on doing both seem like their doing the right thing. Personally I feel that it's unnecessary to jump the bump, and that doing so could cause you more problem (ex. tipping, router getting jostled and loosing connection, and potential for damaging the robot just from impact.)
Totally agree. This end game is interesting because for the first time in my FIRST career (unless you count Lunacy, which I really don't), that building for the end game actually was advantageous for the majority of the match. Unless you have the capacity to both balance on the bridge and cross the barrier REALLY REALLY WELL, the bridge just seems the way to go.
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