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Re: qualifying or eliminations style robots

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Originally Posted by dellagd View Post
The question is, "Which one should we design for?" Its a tough one, but this has generally been my reasoning: It's best to control your own destiny, because if not, you're forced to hope that others will control it well for you. And in a competition, that's a very hard decision to justify. As such, you want to rank well to be an alliance captain, and that means you have to perform will in the quals, which means designing for the quals.
I agree completely, with the caveat that you can design for both but emphasize one. Here's how; by designing a 6 stacker and a capper (RB on top) you've ensured that you're relying on no one to complete the stack. However, if you become an alliance capt (and yes, auto is SOOO important) and have the opportunity to select an ally who exclusively manages RB's, (to include pulling them from the step in auto to deny the opposition access) you can now focus on quickly stacking sets of six to be capped by the alliance member.

That being said, one auto bot of penultimate importance at St. Louis will be that RB grabber in auto. The alliance who owns them will win on Einstein!
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