RENDER, Looks like you did very well at VCU. Congrats. Did you get any oppotunities to use your ramps and if so what kind of defense if any did you see? The kids on the team I mentor totally agree with your front loading problem of being easy to block, and to be able to do so without getting penalty points. Having two side loaders requires two robots to block ramping.
We ended up taking side loaders one step further. Please take a look at this rendering:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/27536
What do you think? How would you defend the ramps?