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Re: What do you think of a wedge

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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
building a robot that does nothing but drive around slamming into the opponents machines - what does that say about your team?

"We couldnt figure out how to collect the balls, or deliver them, or pull the goal closer, or handle the 2X ball, or climb the bar, so all we did was make a chassis with a bushwacker bumper on the front, too bash your bot with"
Well said. However, blocking is still a valid part of the game.

So placing a robot in between the goal and the opposing team should be fine, but going out of your way to smash for the sake of smashing is not.
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