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Unread 10-09-2012, 11:39
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Re: Ring It Up! and Rack n' Roll

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
Hangin'-A-Round, Quad Quandary, and Hot Shot come to mind...

Anyway, I think the game is quite complex and has some really big flaws. I don't do FTC, so I don't know how achievable finding the IR sensor will be, but I suspect that especially at early events, teams will be awarded the 50 point bonus based on whether or not they were lucky enough to run an autonomous routine to the right randomly selected peg row or not. That kind of massive variation in point values for something that could be done based on luck could potentially really unbalance the game.
While the IR sensor is certainly not the easiest thing to find, I know that I've seen many top-level teams perfect whatever task involved the IR sensor every year. Going back to Hot Shot, there were teams that could use the same sensor to track the rotation of the goal in autonomous to score, and their shooter followed the goal with high accuracy.

It's a hard task, but I believe that teams that are want to be in contention for the championship will need to take advantage of that bonus.
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