pic: 2015, Year of swerves?

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Originally Posted by jman4747

I hope I never win champs with the same old boring robot as 2K other teams.

I have yet to see a single team be on the winning alliance at champs with a "boring" robot. Myself and many others agree that if your team doesn't try its hardest to build a competitive robot, your team is doing a disservice to the teams that are paired with you.

It's your responsibility that your entry to the FIRST Robotics Competition be your team's best competitive entry. If you decide that swerve is the best thing for your team, and it turns out to be unreliable, I might think you made a silly, but understandable, mistake. If you realize that swerve will lower both your rankings, and the rankings of those who must play with you, and you still decide to build it, it reflects poorly on your team.