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Re: pic: 2015, Year of swerves?

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Originally Posted by Chadfrom308 View Post
A lot of people are bagging on swerve, but in all honesty, I think people who do swerve will be able to move. I have seen a lot of offseason projects, so if they programmed it and tested it and created offseason drivetrains, I think they will do just as well as anyone else.

To extend my opinion, I think that swerve is most of the time not necessary. If a team doesn't have resources and does swerve, then they are going to sacrifice game / end effectors.
Leading up to the 2011 season, 2220 did two full swerve iterations. We still didn't move for a regional and a half.

That said, I think the resources available for teams to do swerve are ininitely better than they were then.

I'll be interested to see how many swerves pop up for the 2015 season.
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