[nhansen14]

As a founding member of my team, a design tip I live by is the engineers mantra, KISS. Keep it stupidly simple, or keep it simple, stupid. I think rookies should focus on a simple task and design and work at it. Excel at one part of the game instead of trying to juggle the whole challenge. In 2010, when my team was a rookie team, we wont Rookie All-Star at the Granite State Regional just by focusing on defense, scoring on the low pegs, and the mini-bot. We could have attempted to play all facets on the game, but its sometimes better just to focus on one or two.