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Re: IRI - Dates, Info and Rule Ideas

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Originally Posted by CalTran View Post
I may be wrong here, but imo Larry, I think that by virtue of it being IRI then the competition might be a bit stiffer than box bots. As far as I can tell, the "elite" robots always seed higher because they consistently do both rack up points via baskets and bridge points by balancing. Which, at IRI, the best of the best robots are a dime a dozen.
True, but the issue could come into play... if one bot is consistently down on shooting ability and other teams who shoot better consistently put them on bridge duty, they are essentially a boxbot.

IMHO a bad rule is a bad rule.
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