Thread: Team Update #2
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Unread 12-01-2008, 00:17
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Re: Team Update #2

I must say I'm very dissapointed in the change to <G40>. Before an effective hybrid mode defense could be played by spacing robots out on the field so as to make it more difficult for opposing robots to navigatge, but opposing robots had a chance of getting through with some really clever programming (or good luck). Now any alliance can effectively limit their opponent to 32 points (3 robots crossing 2 lines and one knocked ball) by simply having all 3 drive forward for a second or two, with the defense only failing if one has enough pushing power to shove a robot a good 10 feet (not likely with many of this year's drivetrains geared for speed).

I wouldn't expect a good hybrid lap bot to get more than 8 points now, I was really looking forward to seeing at least one team pull off well beyond a full lap.

<G36> is a good add though, no sense in making an already disheartened team feel worse with the penalties.
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