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Re: What do you think will be important this year?

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery View Post
Wanna put money on that?
I think a tunnel-dependent robot will be easily shut down. If the opposing alliance's star robot is tunnel-dependent, then your alliance can just take your weakest robot and stick it in a tunnel.

Also, I think pushing in the tunnel will be difficult with the high-up bumper positions. The force of pushing will be acting on your robot horizontally, and most likely above your robot's centre of gravity. So your robot will tend to lift the side it is pushing with, and may very well flip.