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This year's finals compared to last years...

Personally, I thought that 2001's finals were rather bland, unless you had two equal alliances going up against each other. You usually could know who was going to win, and there was nothing the losers could do about it. If they had somewhat inferior robots, they were pretty much screwed because they couldn't affect the other person's score.

This year's finals, however, were different. It was frequently the case when the so-called underdogs came out on top (anyone remember VCU? #1 seed vs. #8 seed?), due to superior strategy rather than superior robot. I think that kind of balance is needed - there is a place for excellent robots, but if you don't have an excellent team balance (driver, secondary, coach) the robot won't get any points. Granted, in 2001 there was extreme influence on the team balance, but if your robot could only drive around you had no chance.

Anyway, those are my additional thoughts for right now.

Off to robot camp next week! Woo!
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