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Originally Posted by BrennanB

Of course, it won't be as competitive as the original robot, eg, 1114 will likely always be better than any copy that anyone could make.

I don't really think the 2008/2014 1114 clone analogy is that great. They are different games. 2008 all their robot had to do was get over a specific height, 2014 was much more of a precise shot. I'm fairly certain that if you made some 2014 1114 clones play the 2008 game, you would see a relatively close competitiveness level. Quite simply I don't think they would be unable to shoot the ball over a bar reliably.

Then give us an analogy that would fit this situation.

And bin grabbers from 2015 and minibot/minibot launchers from 2011 dont count.