Any Wicked Awesome Goalies out there ?

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Originally Posted by stufflikethat

Due to the rule about the 6 inch cylinder going above 5 feet i can't imagine how hard it is to be a good goalie.

Though if simbotics, robonauts or one of those other fantastic teams build a goalie that doesn't allow the opposing alliance to score they will obviously win.

Only time will tell though.

From my experience, being offensive wins matches more often than being defensive. I've found that acquiring more points for your own alliance is much more valuable than preventing the other alliance from scoring. The bottom line is that offense scores points, and defense does not. Teams like 1114 and 118 are aware of this, and may be too busy during a match scoring assists and goals, that they need not bother with being a goalie. I do see a possibility, though, of a high performance team choosing a good goalie robot -- that ideally can also score in the low or high goal and can do controlled assists -- as an alliance pick.