08-02-2016, 18:44
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no bag, vex only, final destination
AKA: Pinecone
 FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,630
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Re: Terrifying Karthik
I think the terrifying thing is how compromised robot shooter / defense breaking / hanging effectiveness will be by the massive design compromises teams made to do a task that, while having value, does not need to be done by every member of an alliance.
I'm thinking we will see at least one top tier team totally skip the low bar in order to play the rest of the game at a very high level. Even powerhouse teams skip important game tasks. 1114 completely ignored floor loading in 2013. It was important, but only one (or maybe two) robot(s) on an alliance needed to do it, and it allowed them to put more focus on, and devote more space to, their end game mechanism. They played a different role on an alliance and played it better than nearly anybody else. I'm not saying 1114 is skipping the low bar this year, but some powerhouses will.
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