Thread: 50 Pt. Climbs
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Re: 50 Pt. Climbs

I think the main issue with this argument is that it's based on a robot's theoretical ceiling. There's a big difference between having a 50 point ceiling and a 50 point average. On 11, we had a ceiling of 18 points in autonomous. Do you think we hit that ceiling every single match? Not a chance.

To add to the problem, if you only got 2/3 or even 9/10 of the way to the top, you get only 40% of your theoretical point ceiling. There's also a risk of falling once you get to the top.

Teams like 4451 who got 50 points nearly every match were outliers.

(Side note, the folks at 4451 are awesome.)