The Great Database

[Tom Line]

Originally Posted by IKE

*Brownie points for why I bolded team.

With the varied and difficult tasks this year, I suspect we'll see many teams that specialize. I think you will see many "shoot the length of the field" teams, fewer "pick up from the floor" teams, even fewer "make in the top of the pyramid" teams, and even fewer "30 point climb" teams.

The key, as always, will be to pick an effective alliance that combines these traits. You don't need two length-of-field shooters. One of those, one floor pickup, and one top-of-the-pyramid shooters would be a well-rounded team.

I don't count climbs to 30, because that will be a different animal. Those robots may have huge trade-offs that make that 30 points less important that what some may think. Consider that an unblocked team may easily score 15 2-point goals the length of the field in 20-25 seconds. How many teams that climb will climb at speeds faster than that? There's always a trade off.