[Kevin Ray]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

I give you as a counter-example FRC71 in 2002. Arguably one of the most dominant robot to ever exist in FRC. It didn't touch the balls in that game at all. (video)

I've said it time and time again, a ROBOT does not win championships. An ALLIANCE does. Build a robot that does it's job the best and build out an alliance that plays the game the best.

I'm glad this game is "hard" I think that it forces us to make choices for the first time in many years.

I agree with Andrew. In fact, a better video to prove your point would have been the Einstein finals for that year when Team Hammond (FIRST Team 71) was finally stopped in the finals when the opponents were able to race across the field and knock them off target. 71's ally, FIRST Team 173 Team Rage vacuumed almost all of the balls on the field and scored enough points to win the nationals--AS ALLIES.

It seems as though the GDC hit on the perfect formula for this game. There are aspects that understaffed and underfunded rookie teams can still do well (shoot frisbees) while giving elite teams a run for their money if they wish to continue being the "Do everything very well" type of robots. The middle of the road robots can excel in one or the other and still make themselves very competitive by doing so.