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Originally posted by Ian W.
i think in the end, the best drive team is as follows...
Driver 1 - Who ever can control the robot
Driver 2 - Someone who knows the game, can listen to instructions, and most important, can get along with the main driver
Human Player - Someone tall, and preferably knows the game
Mentor - Someone who knows the entire game, gets along with everyone, but most importantly, is very friendly with Driver 1, and during the heat of 'battle', can remain as calm, or even calmer, than everyone else. the mentor's biggest role is to basically yell at the driver, because the driver can get a little overwhelmed at times
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I will have to add a little arguement/note to that.......
Driver 1 - definately someone who can control the robot, but should also know the game and be able to listen, and has to yell at driver 2 a couple of times, because she fell asleep (literally) in the player station during a match.
Driver 2 (*cough*)- someone who knows the game, listens well, get's along with the main driver
and not just someone who has to
push buttons ... this year I actually had to drive a small fully functional robot with a joystick, which ended up being more difficult than the robot, it had more speed, and many times you lost visibility of it because of its small stature. I wasn't afraid to attack larger
objects as some teams found out.
Human Player - doesn't have to be tall, we had a girl, that is very atheletic, and she beat out everyone for the position, she was only intimidated a couple of times by huge guys.
Mentor- definately has to know the game, they have to get along with the entire floor team, keep the two drivers 'hot on the stick', and keep them calm between matches when all they want to do is keep their head in the garbage can. We were fortunate to have made such a wonderful pick (Lucas) as our coach. He did all of the above, plus helped with scouting, and most of the pre-match discussing with alliance partners.