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Originally Posted by bduddy
What is so wrong with building a defensive robot? Seriously, at the rate some people in FIRST are starting to denigrate defense we might as well go back to 2001. If I was picking partners for a top team (and I never have, so maybe that's why), I would be way more inclined to pick a good defensive robot over one that can maybe score a few points, and in almost any regional any team, regardless of "skill level", can contribute to a strong alliance.
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I'm not trying to denigrate defense as a strategy, but I am trying to denigrate a box on wheels robot that can ONLY play defense.
I've been in a lot of scouting meetings and made a lot of pick lists, I can't remember EVER considering to pick a robot with no offensive capability. At the very least we've decided on teams that might score in Auto and then we've instructed them to play defense ETC but we always base decisions on offensive contribution to our strategy.
Obviously teams are well within their right to build a "defensive" robot. The reason I urge against it is because the team will struggle to make eliminations at their events without some offensives capability.