Weather can't stop some people(We had bunch of snow at WPI, some teams were late or couldn't make it...
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Underdogs can win, and the actual rankings don't always work like you would want them to.. With half of hour matches we were one of two robots on the field and ended up in 30th, yet we had one of the top robots for autonomus.
Luck and a prayer can do very well in competition.
Defense is really helpfull, and robots need strategys for going around defense.
Spirit is amazing for your drive team or you team in general.
Some climbing isn't counted from simple things like a zip tie, or your robot goes slowly down.
Your human players can do alot with throwing the colored discs at the end..
Scouting helps a lot!! As well as cordinating with the other teams on your alliance