Thread: PNW 2006 -- The Pacific Northwest Regional in Portland
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Unread 03-03-2006, 22:21
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Re: PNW 2006 -- The Pacific Northwest Regional in Portland
(Just got back from dinner...)

The physical nature of this game is really a big deal. If you are top-heavy, you are going down (in one match, four of six 'bots ended up on their sides). I am SO grateful that we ended up using 4x4 aluminum square tube for our frame rails. We have been mercifully untouched. The same cannot be said for everyone.

Some of the better defensive strategies involve nudging 'bots around the ramps. I've gone on record as being opposed to inentionally causing other bots to tip over, but if all the action is around the ramp 'bots are getting shoved part way up and then they fall over.

And, I forgot to mention earlier, that very few matches are determined by penalties.

And, Madison is right about velocity. I've seen balls go over the center goal on a really flat trajectory and land against the wall of the stadium a good 40 feet away. I know we shoot at 12 m/sec and I am SURE that some teams are well over twice that. I would like to have seen them test all 'bots during the day today.
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