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Originally Posted by Nikkocharger
@Debbie
Ok now I see what you mean. I don't want you to think I'm just randomly yelling picked why weren't we picked. I just wanted to see what a winning team based their opinions and choices off of. Based on what you said you were plenty of help.
Thank you so much and I hope to see you guys at the Livonia game.
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You are doing a very smart thing by asking. I think the process Debbie described is pretty similar for a lot of teams.
Typically in this game, a first round pick needs to be a good scorer with good hybrid scoring. Triple balance capability if possible. Our team balances really well, so we don't really care if our first pick is a good double balancer - we'll handle that.
2nd round pick for us would ideally do all of the following:
1) Be able to feed us or a partner in hybrid. Those two extra hybrid balls are important and if you can release them to a partner that is a good shooter, that's a huge benefit. It doesn't have to be a complicated conveyor belt system. If you can put a simple ramp on your robot that holds two balls with a door that releases the balls 5 seconds into the hybrid period (use a servo - it's light and easy), you're good.
2) Be able to push down the bridge. If you can't push down the bridge, one of the scoring teams has to stop scoring points in order to reset the bridge - that last ball or two that they could've scored can mean the difference between being eliminated or moving on.
3) Wide body is preferrable for balancing. However, if you are long, you must have a way to keep from falling off the bridge - like a skid plate under the robot or you must not tip over with part of your robot hanging off the bridge.
4) Have no features that will disrupt the balance. We've seen robots that when pushed up the bridge drift sideways (due to inadequate sideways friction in their drive system) and bind their robot against the bridge side rails.
If you can do #1 and #2, you should be in pretty good shape for eliminations at most districts.