Poll: Picking up tubes

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Originally Posted by Swampdude

why's that?

1. Human Players - I've seen human players do amazing things. Heck, our human player spent 5 minutes on the field, and he was launching tubes across the field. Picking up from the floor saves time, even for a fast bot.

2. Traffic - The field is big, but with 6 moving bots, it can be smaller than one thinks. If you find yourself crossing the field to get a tube each time, I have a feeling you're going to find yourself in an efficiency dropping traffic jam.

3. Why limit yourself - Why limit yourself to the tubes that only your human player gives you? If the human players on the other alliance aren't as good, and the tubes only go halfway, then why traverse the field to get the same tubes that are sitting right there?

4. Oops - What if you are misaligned and drop the tube? Oops. This can be minimized with practice, but a ground loading robot can go back to the ground, and attempt to rescore the tube in a matter of seconds.


Perhaps crippling isn't the right word. But I think only slot loading robots will be fighting a much harder battle.

- Sunny