[Bryce Clegg]

Originally Posted by Aaron (Awe-Sum)

While this isn't exactly the hottest of takes, my prediction is that the four year cycle theory comes to fruition again and we have an unusual game piece.
My fear is that this might be a down year for our team, as we are entering our fourth year and haven't encountered an unusual game piece.

That's the good thing about unusual game pieces. They allow for teams that aren't as established to build a great robot, especially if they think outside of the box. There's never a right way to build a robot, and that can't be even more true with unusual game pieces. With balls, there are catapults and flywheels, as well as some other manipulator devices. Those games allow for teams that have their designs, manufacturing, and testing down pat to excel. Unusual game pieces bring out the more creative designs, where game strategy is even more important.