Would you be willing to ....

[Brett W]

First the fighting was intentionaly put in to add a challenge other than the actual competition.

Second it would be soooo boaring to watch a buch of robots putting balls in these goals over and over. Sure the first few heats will be interesting without fighting. It would be like watching a ballet or something.

Third fighting will allow a change over of goals. how else would a robot steal a goal from another if there is a team with a huge claw holding onto it other than a few good hits to loosen them off but not to the extent of battlebots(hopefully).

Finally I doubt that there will be as much robot fighting as people think. how would people get points if all they do is block and ram the robots the whole time.

If you are that worried put bumpers(thats what they allowed tham for) on your robot and reinforce everything and you should be fine.

-Brett