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Re: Easiest ways to succeed at competition

It's not THE easiest thing, but having an autonomous mode helps a lot. If you're not confident in your bot's defense crossing ability, don't even bother with the "Drive like heck and hope you cross" autonomous. A simple drive forward slow and reach a defense auton is still +2 pts vs. nothing. And there are definitely matches that could be decided by that +2 pts.

Just, you know, test it first in a practice match or field. You definitely don't want to be the robot that goes the wrong way in a quals or elim and ends up with tons of penalties.
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