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Re: "Playing Cheap"
If a team can only get 130 points max, you can win with 14 capped balls or 27 non-capped. You don't need 240 points, only 135. That's not including the potential of 10 point balls.
Besides, wouldn't it be cheaper for a team to just make drivetrain and push ball with a plow? You could collect enough balls to be somewhat competitive and it wouldn't be as difficult to build. (Note: I'm not saying it would be "cheap," I'm just trying to make a point.)
The strategy does not break any of the rules, nor does it contradict the spirit of the rules. I don't see how it is cheap when the teams still had to put work into their robot. It doesn't make for the most exciting matches, but if you ask me, this is not a new problem. There were a lot of matches last year that were basically decided in autonomous mode. It doesn't make the strategy cheap, although you could argue that there may be something wrong with the game.
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To give credit where credits due, thanks to the GDC for this update. - Brandon Holley [more] 
09-03-2004, 16:23
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