What do YOU think is the most important, and why?

[NickRobischeau9]

Passing, Catching, or Throw

[Alan Anderson]

Instead of just asking our opinions on what is the "best" or "most important", how about going through the exercise of analyzing things on your own first? What do YOU think is important about each of the things you mention, and why? What tradeoffs do YOU think can, or need to, be made to focus on one over another?

[Gambitron]

I just wrote this for a similar post

Originally Posted by Gambitron

I think that passing is the most important part of this years game. Last year, it was possible to win games without working with your team(a.k.a. cross court shooters), so FIRST was looking for a way to increase teamwork among alliances. I thing that the passing mechanic was the way they choose to combat the problem. If you can't pass, there is no way you could ever be on an alliance in the finals, as you need to be a team player. To get full points, you need one robot to shoot, one robot to pass over the truss, one robot to collect the ball, and every robot to pass. Because of this, if you are able to pass, you are still useful as an alliance member.

While you can't win games on passing alone, it's still the most important aspect of the game. This year, you need to be a team player, and if you can't do that, you aren't a useful team member.

Hope this long post helped.

-Gambitron