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That is an amazing achievement. After putting so much work into a robot you want to see it go as far as it goes. I would have like to have been beaten by robots that were superior to ours at nationals so that we could have learned so much more about what makes a winning bot and areas that we could improve. (It would be nice to win nationals too but thats hoping for way to much  ) My dissapointment comes because our stop was so sudden and the great memories we have had this year had to end with such screwed over feeling |
Chris, just because your robot lost doesn't mean that it was a bad robot. I haven't seen it play. But as everyone else has said, FIRST
did design the game to have defense, a lot of it. They tried to make it so that teams could do multiple things. The winning teams of almost every regional so far were made up of robots with different strategys that shooting coupled with shooters. Furthermore, to me, it sounds as tho your team failed, like many others, to put on bumpers. Bumpers are extremely valuble pieces of hardware. Teams with them are definatly the least prone to damage. Therefore, take this to heart. Your robot was beaten by a team that had recognized your threat and neutralized it. AIM HIGH is a fun, exciting game. However, could you imagine it without robots d-ing eachother up, pushing it around. It wouldn't be too much fun for anyone.
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Originally Posted by Chris27
we never be able to test it out in the conditions it was designed for
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Our eyes were set for Atlanta when we entered the finals
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To respond to these comments, I must say that you are bordering on crossing the line. To say that you were never able to test it in the conditions it was designed for and that you were focused on Atlanta before winning shows disrespect for the other teams at your regional, all of whom spent the same amout of time that you did. Your robot was designed for AIM HIGH. Your robot played AIM HIGH. Therefore, the conditions it was designed for were validated.