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Originally Posted by ideasrule
1114 didn't prove him dead wrong this year. 1114's ranking at any regional would definitely not have been different if they stayed still during autonomous. The robot was averaging 1-2 balls scored per autonomous mode. Our robot averaged 1 ball per autonomous mode, and despite being a much weaker team, the one match where that one score mattered was better known as the match where we got disqualified.
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Not as much this year but in Overdrive their auton alone could have won them 9/10 matches. I'm just saying its absurd to dismiss a 15s autonomous period as useless. I know there are not any bonus points this year for scoring in auton like in past years, but that was also the case last year. Before the season started many people on CD were also saying that auton would be mostly useless and the only really useful thing to do was to not get scored on. Not really meaning to toot my own horn but last year one thing that gave my team a substantial early advantage was that we were able to load up during auton. I think we set a good example of what could be done. I think a lot of the effort spent complaining about how FIRST views the role of autonomy would be better spent developing an autonomous mode that consistently scores 3-5 balls. That's nothing to sneeze at considering most alliances struggle to break 10 points.