[JJG13]

I think that dumper bots can make it to the top eight in all the divisions. However I doubt any will be the first seed and I doubt that any alliance led by a dumper will win a division. A dumper bot can win it all just as any other robot can. However, for an alliance to be successful, the dumper bot must compliment the shooters. That is an alliance with a good shooter that is a floor loader should have a good human-player loading dumper and an alliance with a good human-player loading shooter needs to have a good floor-loading dumper.

In my opinion great shooter > great dumper > average shooter > average dumper. At nationals there are a much higher number of great shooters than at the regionals so dumpers will have a harder time. Still, there will be many times when an alliance captain is making their first or second pick and the best robot available will be a dumper.