Two Boulder Auto

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Originally Posted by hardcopi

I don't think the accuracy will be the downfall. Accuracy isn't beyond any of our teams. ie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N995FopDHgU

I do wonder how many fouls will be racked up before the 2 boulder auto will be dialed in. Not sure it is going to be worth the potential fouls or not.

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My Prediction: (For what it is worth).

Teams of the caliber of 254, 987, 1114 Et al who have access to full field setups at home among a few others I can think of, and have perfected the vision positioning and ball (or tubes for that matter, as far back as 987's 3 tube auto in 2011, as they picked up a tube leaning against our bot without moving our bot even 1/8" in Las Vegas perfectly & repeatedly without fail even once), item /robot seeking/locating already down pat as demonstrated repeatedly in prior years (with plenty of practice time of course), I fully predict now....Will be absolute champs at returning to the neutral zone and plucking or vacuuming, etc. those balls 1 at a time off the rings on the midline without fouling and will do so until there is absolutely no more time left on the clock in the auto period by their very first competition event.

The repeated risk is worth the reward, as it should earn that all coveted Q position #1 spot and Alliance #1 Captain slot.

Those are teams to which the words "You Can't Possibly Do That...It's just too risky" have absolutely no meaning whatsoever in life....That is why they are "Powerhouse and Championship Caliber Teams!"

Now, if one wishes to defend against that type of absolute wonderment, you must be willing to be a really lousy alliance partner(s) (not recommended by this party BTW), and return your robot, after crossing and making your auto shot, back to the neutral zone yourself (or the easiest path back), and block that killer robot's path to the ammunition of more boulders they need to pull off their magic. (Of course that action would be deemed foolish, pretty self destructive, and not very GP).