[Tom Line]

I'll elaborate on their design.

First - they're autonomous kicks the two balls from the middle zone into the goal on their way to the tower. This primes the system to recycle balls.

Second - they've got traction wheels. Someone here says they do well when not locked on - that really isn't very true. They have difficulty turning, aren't very fast, and can't do much of anything if defended. That isn't a knock on their bot. Frankly, it's incredibly effective at what is does. There is NO OTHER WAY you're going to average 1 ball every 4 seconds.

Third - they physically lock onto the tower. With large aluminum plates onto the bar. They push the center platform up because they drive into the bar to lock on and their front lifts up when they do lock as a result of their wheels still driving. There's pretty much no point in trying to move them - in fact they moved the entire field twice when they were locking on.

Fourth - you can block them. You have to travel partially into the tunnel at an angle. A number of teams were at the practice field programming auton to do exactly that. Once you stop them from locking in, there no better (and in fact a bit worse) than many other bots. They have a good kicker and a good ball sucker, but they are slow-slow-slow. Don't count on that continuing long though - they're Las Guerillas after all.

Fifth - Corey, there were good teams at Cass Tech. However, the Guerilla's have a reasonably simply answer to that. The person in their offensive zone plays DEFENSE on the bot there. That way the guerillas can shoot to the clear side of the field. They had occasional problems during qualifications when they didn't have a good offensive partner to get the balls in to get the cycle started, or if they missed their shot in auton.

Editted to make it more polite:

There were many good teams there that got squished by 469's system. Saying that teams there didn't provide decent competition is rather poor form, very unfair, and entirely untrue.