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Originally Posted by IKE
Also, this year was a huge penalty for any duds. If you had a dud on your team, a decent human player would load up 16+ points in Auto, and usually get 20+ before the dud got moved. had we played this game in the pre-kitbot days, it would have been a whole different ball game.
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I think this is the real cause for a lot of the thinking that this game "levelled the playing field." This game was dependent on the 3rd robot more than any game since 2006. And in 2006, the 3rd robot's role was typically defensive, and you could easily get a solid 3rd bot with the 24th selection.
Keep in mind the rookie on Einstein was the 3rd member of their alliance, they weren't there because they alone dominated Archimedes. It was an alliance effort.
This game emphasized the alliance rather than the individual. But the powerhouses were still capable of building the best bots. That's not surprising.