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Re: Game hints for FRC...

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Originally Posted by Bill_B View Post
Minimalistic because GDC/FIRST wimped out on requiring that they be constructed by an FTC team. I guess they didn't want to field all the whining about how few FTC teams there were and how "unfair" such a requirement would have been. Instead a whole bunch of innocent motors got smoked and corners got trimmed to make the races to the top of those poles ultimately less than suspenseful.
Agreed. Although I'm not sure it was a bad thing overall - it was plenty suspenseful, and seeing the well-designed deployment systems and ultralight minibots zip to the top was pretty fun! I have to say ours was very "FTC like" in construction but ultimately took far longer than others to reach the top.

Also, aren't there more FTC teams than FRC teams? (at least the numbers go higher).
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