fixing of matches in Seattle

[Ian Mathew]

Originally posted by Jrmc
this has gone from a finese competition to who can build the biggest bulldozer.....and for that i fault the idealism of FIRST leaders...but that is for another thread alltogether

Note: this is coming from a member of a team with a good size bulldozer

I completely disagree with that assessment of the game. At the beginning, the idea was to build what would work to win the game, which is obvious. We decided very early on that it would take a lot of time to build, set, and defend stacks, and that it would be much easier to win with a good drive train, and the ability to get more boxes on your side, instead of worrying about getting boxes higher. Human players are used to stack. A team can win with other strategies. Obviously, from this thread, some strategies have become frowned upon for whatever reason, but are still legitimate ways to win the game. I love the game this year because it goes for a simple design, and not for an extremely complex robot with arms going everywhere.