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Originally Posted by Cory
Averaging 6 gears per match would make you one of the top 5-10 robots in the world. Top robots in 2011 were hanging ~6 tubes on average in teleop. topping out at probably 8. And that was with a more open field, a protected scoring zone, and the ability to sit in the protected zone and grab tubes that were thrown cross field to you.
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Others brought up good points but one huge factor is that making an effective gear scorer is arguably a lot easier to make than making something that scores tubes at tall various heights(and sometimes over another already placed tube). I think the shear reduction in the barrier of entry will make 6 gear averages a lot more common. Maybe I'm wrong and most regionals will be decided on gears alone but I hope that I'm not.