2014: the year of the underdog

[ToddF]

Originally Posted by bduddy

I don't think the theoretical ability of less-sophisticated robots to keep up will, by itself, help "underdogs" all that much.

Agreed. The key to an underdog team doing well this year is recognizing the high value in finishing an A class robot in 4 weeks and practicing for two weeks rather than finishing a C class robot in 6 weeks and getting no practice. The extra abilities of the C class robot are easily negated by middling defense, and have cost them two weeks of practice time.