Thread: "Dud" robots
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Unread 05-01-2014, 12:35
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Re: "Dud" robots

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Originally Posted by yash101 View Post
Overall, in my opinion, I think this is the most poorly written game in the FIRST history! There isn't even an endgame to give teams more of a challenge. Also, the ball is roughly the size of the robot. It also needs to be picked up. Because of the size and what needs to be done with the ball, it isn't as simple as 2008 where you could knock off the ball and then kick it. I think one of the only possibilities is to kick the ball!
While I might be inclined to agree that Aerial Assist is one of the weakest games the GDC has come up with in my 11 years in FRC, there is definitely no problem picking up this ball. Go watch some videos from 2008, when trackballs were twice the diameter of this ball, and robots only marginally larger. Picking up a 2014 game ball is not that big a deal.