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Re: [MCC] Minimum Comptetivie Concept 2011
2011 is a tough year for the MCC. And that is what we tried to go for on 2791 with a HIGHLY constrained build season. We did way too much though. It was mostly my fault for losing faith in "human load only" around Week 2.
The minibot was the obviously most vital part of the game. But it was quite, quite expensive to prototype and iterate your way to a direct drive minibot with a solid reliable deployer. Every time your prototype blew a motor, $30 down the drain. Yes, you could work on it after ship, but without a robot to look at and to figure out mounting, dimensions, etc., unprepared teams (I.e. those doing the MCC) had an uphill battle. Yet, at the early regional level, just having a semi reliable minibot made you an instantly decent robot. So I'm tempted to say the best "MCC" is a Kitbot on Steroids with a minibot on top of it.
If you do tube scoring and you have the drive practice you need to get to 5 tubes, there is no need to floor load. There is strategic value in moving tubes around though.
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