[Boltman]

Originally Posted by Rivet Man

Hi Boltman,

Glad to hear you'll be trying again next year! Hope the eye exam today goes well, people on here seem to think you need one...

I had a question about that one rookie team you keep talking about. You said they were low goal, had a strong shot, and were hard to play defense on? Could you help me understand how this happens. I thought a low robot would have a straight shot that is easy to block if they are low that's why I thought tall teams would be good this year. Thanks for explaining this my fastener friend.

Best Regards,
RM

What makes 5817 especially dangerous is their swerve drive (when its working) they can move very fast in any direction once in goal site they lock onto HG or have a straight shot at LG boom its in, near or far anywhere. They also have a strong enough shot most defenses will get broken trying to block them.

They were paired with 1323 in eliminations and many times both of them simultaneously hit the HG and 1323 was on of my top HG scouted bots they just need more consistency.... 5817 once locked in does not seem to ever miss and its a straight trajectory to the goal.

The only reason they did not rank higher was their multiple issues with their swerve.

I would put them (when working ) right behind 254, 1678 and on par with 973 when they are on so that is really good HG company to keep. The swerve though makes them in ways harder to defend sometimes if you cannot move like they do.

Actually I am surprised 1678 and 254 alliance won so handily in Finals versus 1323 and 5817s alliance but I did not see it first hand as we were packing up. Probably I gather it might have been a boulder starvation thing only so many boulders with high flying HG bots.