[EvilInside]

Okay, I see there are several key disadvantages to ramp control robots. Now, considering no-one, as of RIGHT NOW, knows who their alliance partner is, they can only set up effective one-on-one scenarios. Now, to pair up the two types being discussed here. Robot A is your ramp dominator. Robot B is your stacker that can fit under the bar. Robot A goes and perches atop the ramp. 25 points, preventing 25 points. Provided two bins are either transported from the opposing side to Robot B's side or fall fromt he center stack, Robot B now has 25 points and probably a lot of time to move all the bins from Robot A's side. This is disadvantage #1. Disadvantage #2 is the case that a robot can get on a small space on the ramp, getting the 25 points anyways. Disadvantage #3 is that robot is relying on being the best KOTH robot out there. If there is a better one, that team loses. End of story. It is not a dynamic enough system to avoid fate. Either it will win or it will lose in a one-on-one matchup. That is relying too much on the robot and not enough on strategy. I don't remember who said it, but good strategy will always beat a good robot, and there is no dynamic strategy to a KOTH robot. Sure, controlling the ramp is nice, but you cannot bank on being better than the competition, because everyone in FIRST has the possibility of creating something incredible. Oh yeah, and on that Mountain Dew bet, I'm changing. I think SPEED is going to win matches!