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Originally Posted by SteveDeonarine0
I feel this year's competition is more complex that last year and i feel it will be hard on rookie teams, we were a rookie team last year so we had recycle rush and that was not that complex and we still had some problems.
Anyways how do you feel?
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I think this game isn't as bad for rookies as it looks, as long as they don't bite off more than they can chew.
I can see a lot that a simple (box-on-wheels) robot can do to help their alliance. The various defenses definitely make this game LOOK difficult, especially if you try to do everything. That's one of the biggest traps of this year's game.
Rather than focusing on the all the changing field configurations, what parts of the field are constant? How do those elements effect the score of the game? How do they effect the flow of the match? How do they potentially effect your alliance's ranking in the tournament? Focus on the forest, not the trees.
Really read the rules. I mean REALLY read them. How does the game and scoring change from qualifications to playoffs?
One constant I've seen in my years on involvement of FIRST is just how much a really good box on wheels can swing a match, even if only on lower levels of play. A worthy exercise for ANY team, rookie or veteran, would be to imagine both the game and tournament from the perspective of a box-bot, and see just how much you can accomplish. I think you'll see that they can play a valuable role on a playoff alliance.