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Unread 18-02-2009, 15:54
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Re: 2009 REAL ThunderChicken Robot

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Originally Posted by sdcantrell56 View Post
Also as has already been pointed out, with robots like yours and 148 if any team stops to human load, they will have already lost to you guys. I honestly see no reason to attempt to human load. The human player will better spend there time by trying to make balls on the opposing teams trailers. Plus it is not difficult at all to make a roller to suck up balls. There's enough balls that we didn't feel it would be an issue searching for balls...that is of course unless you guys haven't sucked up half of the fields balls.
Hopefully without further derailing this thread, I do see a point to human loading.
A well-timed human load can be safe for being filled up (or at least significantly scored on), and much quicker than hunting balls around the field. More importantly, it can be done about as far away from the opposing human players as you can get.
The balls you load from it can then be scored with more success (hopefully) than your HP can (although this will not always be the case), especially given the ability of a robot to score on any portion of the field (versus HPs who will be better when robots are nearby).
Granted, I wouldn't want this as my only loading option, and it isn't the only loading option of 254, 968, or 148. Human loading does present some obvious risks to being pinned, scored on, and/or being "trapped" in a corner of the field (tactically, not physically).
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