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Originally Posted by artK
Could you give an example of what your talking about happening? Because I see two ways this might be happening. One is like what 1241 and 1285 did this year having two robots with two strategies? The other is like what 900 did this year with the harpoons at champs.
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1285 and 1241 are two separate teams based in one school. Last year, which was 1285's rookie year, they built identical robots, but this year they stayed as separate as possible. For all intents and purposes, they're two distinct teams (like 254 and 1868). It's actually a really cool program: all the students get to choose what team they join at the beginning of the year. Apparently the numbers naturally split with more rookies / second year students going to 1285, and the veterans gravitating towards 1241.
I think a more relevant example would be 503 in 2008. After seeing 1114's dominant performance at Midwest that year, Frog Force completely revamped their design and played in Newton with a very Simbot-esque design. They were obviously not as polished as 1114 that year, though, and while the designs were similar, it didn't really work out for them in the long run. There aren't any videos from Great Lakes that year, so I don't know exactly when they made the switch. Compare:
Week 1 Midwest regional and
Newton Division.