[mikegrundvig]

After seeing some of the shooters people are playing with this year, I do believe that there will be some solid shooters in general. I don't think 100%, but reasonably consistent is feasible.

I think your 16-20 3pt shots is a bit optimistic though. Let's assume you need only 15 seconds to get whatever climbing score you can make. That means starting 3/4 of the way down the field, race back to your filling station, fill 4 discs, race back to the other side of the field, aim, and fire four perfect shots consistently in 21 to ~27 seconds. To get 20 shots in 105 seconds means 5.25 seconds/shot and hitting all of them.

Personally, I believe really good shooters will likely preclude the ability to be really good climbers though that's certainly a guess. I think a more realistic scenario would be this:

0:15 - 16 pts auto
0:55 - 12 pts shot
1:30 - 12 pts shot
1:55 - 12 pts shot
2:15 - 10 pts hanging, match over
62 pts total. That's assuming 15 perfect shots and the ability to hang on the first rung reasonably quickly.

Being pessimistic on my scenario would look like this:

0:15 - 4 pts auto
1:15 - 20 points (4 colored - assuming a slow 45 second climb/descent)
2:10 - 10 points (2 colored)
2:15 - 30 points (pyramid at the end)
64 pts total. Any speed improvements in the climb/descent will translate into the ability to dump discs into the 1pt target.

I believe there will be amazing shooting robots that can nail those shots but I also feel that a small, fast climber with simple dumper can really hold it's own this year while being a simpler robot all around.

-Mike