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Talking Re: Ramp bot vs. Arm bot

the upper echelon teams will be able to score effectively on the racks, the ramp bots, though trivial in terms of strategy to get 60 points, is only true if your two random partners can fit on your ramp. A wide bot wouldnt fit on a bot that was built with a ramp that was narrow. We cant just assume that all bots will fit on everyone else's ramps and vice versa. The only guarantee is that if you built an effective ringer scorer, you have a great chance to score a lot of points.
Last year, I assumed everyone was building a robot that would go on the ramp since that was a guarantee 25 points. That was not true. At the end of a match, if your alliance is losing, your quick decision might be to move spoilers or add on more ringers to empty positions.
I'm just saying, it all depends.
Just my .02 cents.