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Re: Squishing the Spiders

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Originally Posted by d.courtney View Post
I don't see ramps having that big of an advantage, I mean 80% of the teams I have seen so far will have trouble getting onto them (let alone staying on) all due to their clearance. The bots at a tremendous advantage are the ones that lift, where there is simply a 1 inch platform one climbs up and your lifted. (after seeing parts of VCU and New Jersey I am soo glad our team went that route)
The mechanism makes a difference, yes. But at GSR, being able to score the bonus points was the deciding factor in the vast majority of games. And I don't think that will change. It's just too difficult to score points with the tubes alone. I didn't attend the other regionals this weekend, but I'm sure it was the same.
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