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Pick Based on Strengths!
Posted by Raul, Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Rolling Meadows & Wheeling HS and Motorola.
Posted on 3/3/99 12:05 PM MST
In Reply to: How did teams go about picking an alliance? posted by Mike Kulibaba on 2/27/99 8:05 PM MST:
Yes, we picked the last seeded team as our partners. Why - they complimented our robot's capabilities very well.
So how did we do? We had to go up against the Beatty alliance and unfortunately we did not give them much of a match. We had some unfortunate luck in both our matches. In the first match, our partner blew a speed controller in the opening seconds. In the second match, one of our drive wheels got entangled with a floppy, which had not happened to us before. All I can say is it is not very easy to play one on two, especially against such good teams.
If I had to do it all over again, I would not change my mind - I would still pick them. I would just hope for better luck. In conclusion, I suggest you choose you partner based on WHAT they do well, not how well they did. This will take a little more work (scouting) by the most mechanically knowledgeable folks on your team.
Raul
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