are there a lot of 50pt dumpers/climbers?

[chadr03]

At the Lone Star Regional there were two robots that successfully climbed for 30 but no dumpers. 148 had a system where they theoretically could go for 50, but they had issues climbing and a few falls.

I'm curious as to what that extra 20 points does to change the dynamic if the game. It's already been proven that the third level climb is nowhere near as decisive as expected, but what about that extra 20 points added on? Is that extra 20 pushes the robot from an asset to a necessity?

My team consistently climbed for 30, but did not have a dumping mechanism. We went 7-3 and seeded 13 of 57. We lost one match by 10 and another by 7. If we would have had the additional 20 points we would have went 9-1 and probably ranked 2nd. The extra 20 would have been huge. As people tune in their shooters and scores start rising it might not get that big of a jump but still pretty significant.

[ablatner]

Originally Posted by chadr03

My team consistently climbed for 30, but did not have a dumping mechanism. We went 7-3 and seeded 13 of 57. We lost one match by 10 and another by 7. If we would have had the additional 20 points we would have went 9-1 and probably ranked 2nd. The extra 20 would have been huge. As people tune in their shooters and scores start rising it might not get that big of a jump but still pretty significant.

Alternatively, a climb and dumper with autonomous and some scoring may be valuable on high scoring alliances if the other two robots can get all the feeder station discs. For example, teams like 1114, 1986, etc. already can make 5 rounds consistently, which is 20 of the discs. If the climb and dumper can get just 2 rounds, and the other robots can get 5 each, that's all the feeder station discs.

[Vlada94]

We (3339) from Kfar Yona, Israel have a robot designed to be a 50 points dumper, although we couldnt get the chance to use it in our regional so we only climbed to the 3rd level. We will be competing at St. Louis, please check us out.
A short video of one of our perfomances:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNJ3MIAxu30

[Racer26]

Its rumoured that Simbot B.A. Baracus is capable of dumping for 20 after its ridiculously fast ascent of the corner, but 1114 never demonstrated this capability at GTREast this past weekend.