[Jake177]

I think that if you are going by the regionals, then yes autonomous was the least important part of the game. But the teams that are going to Nationals are the best, most of them will have an autonomous mode, maybe several. Autonomous mode is the only time when you don't need to worry about your opponents playing defense against you (unless they have anticipated your strategy and have a program to counter it). Given the choices, I picked hanging, since any alliance with a robot that has a flat side and decent human players can get 10 balls in a goal (making a doubler ball on it worth just as much as a hanging robot).