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Re: 2 gear autonomous

TL;DR: practice 2-gear autons for quals, but if the 3rd partner and timing aren't right in elims then totally scrap it outright.

2 gear autons have a 'cool' factor. There will be the occasion where the robot places the 2nd gear with enough time remaining that it counts towards some more autonomous points, but it will be rare.

If the 2nd gear causes a robot to miss its 5-pt line crossing, a non-scoring 2-gear autonomous is a total bust. Otherwise non-scoring 2-gear autons don't save much time in teleop compared to the other sequences that can be done in autonomous. If a partner drops a gear for my team to deal with, is it a better long-term strategy for us to pick it up immediately or to instead move the robot down-field for the first gear cycle?

What if the gear were dropped on the side with the boiler, or near the airship where opponents couldn't see it?
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