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Unread 13-01-2004, 03:30
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Re: Raising the bar...or lowering it?

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Originally Posted by Ben Mitchell
2002: Zone Zeal - drag goals into zones. Balls are irrelevent. May the strongest bulldozer win.
If you look at the finals of 2002, it came down to ball robots. Granted the bulldozers played a huge part, but, in the finals, where bulldozers were evenly matched, the ball bots made the difference.


the 2004 game is more than just a drivetrain. Sure you can push balls into your chute with one, but you forget that the big ball doubles and hanging on the bar is 50.

You would need 10 normal balls just to equal 1 robot hanging. And twice the amount of small balls if the other alliance can optimize the big ball.

A simple drive train will work, but it will not win. I think first includes it so that rookie teams can attempt other things (arm, steps, etc.). If you have a decent drivetrain out of the box, you can devote much more time to other aspects of your robot.
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