Quite a tough game this year

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Brian C

^^^ This

And for those who have been around a while it will also be like 2006, 2003 and 2002.

It's the nature of the beast when you have a wide open playing field like this.

This is so true.

This is the first time we have had an open carpeted playing field with no protected zones for all the current students.

They don't even know the carnage of the games befoe bumpers were required, they have only been mandatory on all sides of a robot since 2008 IIRC.

In 2003, 2004 and 2006 it was not uncommon to see teams straigtening frames between matches. A lot of teams have forgotten these lessons and don't build for contact anymore.

This year will definitely be as much about durability and reliability as having a solid robot.