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Originally Posted by Mr. Ivey
Voice of expirence here, don't try and control the game. Team 384, my team, tried this in 2001 with Sparky v3.0, it won many design awards, but failed in competition. So don't try and control the game, you will get burned. with big arms, comes leverage that can be used against you. Do one thing and do that one thing well. Just if you try to cover the drivers, you will get burned, and throw in control over the corrals, you have arms to bend, torque, and destroy. Just heed the warning.
Ivey
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But then again, if you are going to "control the game", you had better really do it and not think you will.
I am thinking of a robot two years ago called "BEAST" that basically fell down, extended two huge arms and "inched" its way forward, collecting all three goals, muscling them to the scoring zone.
It was slow, but it was very powerful. It was "out-played" in several matches, but I would say that 80% of the matches I watched, it did its job with great consistancy.
If I recall, it was on the winning alliance, and it ended up playing in every match of the finals except the last one (or two) because it had been damaged in a prior game.
Like I said....if you want to dominate, you had better to it well....and it is possible.
-Quentin
