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Eyewitness observations
Here are my observations (I was there):
1. Don't even try and stack, it's useless.
2. If you have put extra traction onto your stock wheels to get grip, take them off! Stock wheels grip very well and all the extra traction will do is stall your motors (this is what happened to us, please don't make the same mistake)
3. The drill motors are pieces of crap. If a team didn't have problems with the drill motors, they weren't using them (ours fell apart in our hands)
4. The easy way to tell who builds their robot and who doesn't (engineers and mentors build) is to see who can still yell and cheer after 3 p.m. on the second day.
5. If you're in a smaller regional (35 teams or less), get your batteries charging and keep them charging. Match turnaround is extremely fast. (When you step off the field, you may already be on Final Call for your next match)
Please be prepared adequately. Our bot was not in great condition when we got there and we only got it working correctly for our last two qualification matches.
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