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Unread 30-04-2002, 09:58
Andy A. Andy A. is offline
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I'm still a little disapointed we didn't get to go help uphold the honor of ball 'bots to...

Anyways, I think that at first, a lot of ball 'bots had a great time in quals, right up till finals. As soon as finals start, the goal handlers got _very_ aggresive. At least in our case, the other teams knew they could push us around and keep us running the whole match, keeping us from ever scoring many balls. When they started to do this we where caught completly off gaurd and kinda went 'huh?'. We had been lulled into a fall sense of security the whole time.

In retrospect, I see a lot of things I could have done diffrently to make us more competitive in finals. Ball 'bots are well suited to the game in any phase, it's a matter of how offensive and willing the drivers are to use their (generaly) higher speed. So, I expect ball 'bots to do very well in off season comps, now that we've all gotten a good look at them in Florida.