[FRC Blog] Veteran Team Drive Base Option and Registration Progress

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Originally Posted by marshall

I hope it's game pieces!

Game pieces that aren't overpriced, hopefully!

Originally Posted by Chris is me

The past language was new last year, and seemed to correlate with how the drive base alone could score points. The implication is that you can get some sort of bonus with just the drive base this year.

Now, that could be as simple as the 2014 "drive forward at all in auton" bonus, in a game without other drive-to-score objectives, but it does imply that a drive base can play some aspect of the game.

I'm not sure if 2014 had the drive forward auto bonus, but I think 2015 did. In Arial Assist, it was probably possible to score with just a drive base, as it could push balls into the low goals and/or catch them. With Recycle Rush, a drive-only robot could score a maximum of 2 points at a time by pushing one tote onto the step, though other robots could add to the stack. Defense is an option for a "just drive" robot if possible(no defense in 2015).