[Joseph Smith]

Originally Posted by Nemo

I partly agree with this sentiment. I would argue, though, that up front complexity isn't required in order to be creative, work hard, and be ambitious. A team can do plenty of good work on a roller collector to make it incrementally better. It's pretty challenging to make them collect a ball that comes in from the side, for example. Teams get to decide where they want to put their focus, and I think it is great if a team chooses to pick one mechanism (even a seemingly simple one) and then really drill into the details of it and refine it to the best degree they can.

I would agree with this. I just feel that there's more of a sense of excitement and pride when you can explain to someone the creative, unique mechanism that you developed. I guess it depends on the team, but from my experience I'm always pleased when my team's bot is different and/or innovative.