how effective are the herders/dumpers?

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Originally Posted by Tetraman

oh man...I got a story for you.

Dumpers are awsome...but never have two on a team.

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I'd say a dumper is nice to have, but use caution when chooseing one.

I disagree. At the Florida regional, the second place alliance was 357-1523-1902. 357 was a dumper (fifth seed - not bad) as was 1902. Since 357 picked balls up off the ground and 1902 was a very effective human loader, they both were able to score to their fullest potential. This alliance with two dumpers beat (in only two matches) the first seed alliance in the semifinals that was led by team 233 (who has just won the Boston Regional). What is more, the three robots they played against (233, 190, 744) were all very good shooters.