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Re: Breakaway in review: what have we learned?

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Originally Posted by BrendanB View Post
Third!
4th! Before ship, we were literally flipping our robot over and letting it hit the ground as hard as it could, then checking what did and did not hold together, fixing what didn't, and then doing it again.

And again.

And again...

During the FLR, we popped a chain twice, had a set screw fail on us, and had to reweld our kicker (after it got pulverized by a bump)... That's it.

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We also learned that controlling the mid-field is controlling the game, and that ball starvation + hanging is the ideal strategy for winning games.
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