Pre-build list

[ChrisH]

Originally Posted by nparikh

Perhaps I should get a team of people on standby waiting at Home Depot to buy the supplies within minutes of when the game comes out. We couldn't possibly miss out then!

If only we knew...

Actually what you really want to do is buy the stuff other teams aren't. Sometimes it is better to be the only one who can do a particular useful thing.

So if everybody else is buying all the thingamabobs so they can practice shoving balls into the whatsit. Maybe what you really want is to buy thingys so you can build a practice whojidingle. Being the only whojidingle robot can be a real advantage come alliance picking time ... assuming we have alliances.

The GDC wants you to spend some time THINKING about what you want to do before you start buying a lot of stuff. I think that if they are making such a point about it, it might be a real good idea to pay attention, rather than paying something else.

ChrisH