i didnt like this years game....please read

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Posted by Chris Orimoto at 04/10/2001 8:27 PM EST


Student on team #368, Kika Mana, from McKinley High School and Nasa Ames/Hawaiian Electric/Weinberg Foundation.


In Reply to: Well ... guess I'm counterpoint
Posted by Ernie P on 04/10/2001 10:18 AM EST:



Yes, there were a lot of winners this year...but exactly HOW did they win. I mean, high seeds this year didn't really mean too much...all you had to do was be lucky and you'd be in a round with a good goal balancer or big baller or something to that matter. On the flipside of that, there could be a decent robot, that has bad luck (as mentioned in the post below), and gets a robot that falls down. This need not be due to any design problem, but to sheer luck. The other teams in that alliance then receive a low score. This is NOT to say that it was unfair or anything, because this was exactly how the game was designed. It places even more importance on good strategies and consistency.

I mean, don't get me wrong, the teamwork of this year was an excellent aspect of the game. But if we're going to be competitive anyway (hence Travis' original post here), we may as well have a little more control over the final outcomes.

Just my personal thoughts...

Chris, #368