[waialua359]

I just read all of this and see a general pattern. Generalizing shooters, arms, and racer bots. We forget that each team will have diffferent degrees as to how effective they will be with their respective designs.
Driving and practice makes a big difference. How many times have I seen the Poofs win regional competitions simply because they were the best drivers out there, making very few mistakes, working with great efficiency. They maximized the capabilities of their robots consistently, regional to regional, year to year. That's what impresses me the most about them.

How teams setup controls of their robots are key too?
I had two sets of drivers practice with our robot and it was like night and day. One group had me thinking that our robot couldn't even hurdle. The other group allowed me to sleep that night, proving that our design worked.

Is it safe to say that every year, the best designed robots and best alliances dont always win, for one reason or another.
I still cant believe the Poofs havent won a world championship yet????