[robodude03]

Originally Posted by kws4000

Indeed.
Several matches were 0-0 or low ties at Traverse City, MI, and that was only because of the balls. On other matches that had hangers, they made all the difference between a tie or loss and a win. On at least one occasion, the hangers were the only ones that scored anything.
If my team's lifter was functioning properly during the first few matches, we would have been in the highter standings all the time. But on the second day, we managed to jump from 38th of 38 to 18th.
Just got to get it right the FIRST time!

I found that the 0-0 matches were because of high defense and obviously hanging in these situations would turn the match around for the given alliance. However, at the same time could it not be said that if a team had successfully made shots during autonomous the match would tip in their favor? After watching the matches in San Diego, I have to say that having an autonomous mode that at least gets the balls in the alliances near zone (or scores) gives them a significant advantage in a match.