Rookie Stratagy

[Doug Frisk]

Originally Posted by philso

If what Thromgord is suggesting is beyond the capabilities of any particular team, they need to get with the program and learn what it takes to do those things. They can start by doing some brainstorming and by doing some research, looking at old game videos and searching for threads about those mechanisms here on CD. They can also ask some nearby established teams for some help.

Yes, many rookie teams will build "Defense Bots". How will your team differentiate itself from the other teams with Defense Bots come Alliance Selection time? How will your team progress from only building Defense Bots, as some teams have done for many years?

I think we may be talking to different rookie team audiences. When I say rookie team I'm thinking of 6 kids and 2 adults working in a garage on what would be a shoe string budget if they hadn't already used the shoe strings to hold the battery in the robot.

I see a dozen teams each year matching that description. Half the time they don't have a functioning robot on Thursday morning. Yes, a sustainable team with ISO 9000 certification is awesome, but functional needs to come first.