Has a hybrid won yet?

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Petey

BAE GSR winning alliance did not have a hybrid. Their ramp bot could have had a scorer, but it was superfluous and all they did was just sit in the end zone and set up as soon as the match began.

Please don't make statements like this that are not true.

Of the 7 elimination matches that Team 1824 (the ramp bot) played, we sat in the home zone only once (the last match as we had broken a wire to the motor on our latching system, thus we left the ramp/platform unlocked for the start of that match). Go back and review the tape

In all the other elimination matches we played hard defense on the other side of the field, defending the rack from the opposing alliances best scorer (quite effectively). As an example of how much defense we were playing, we broke our front bumper (Twice) pushing other robots.

Sometimes it's more effective to stop a great scorer, than to score yourself.

In a game where there are alliances (such as this one) your robot does not need to do everything, all it needs to do is a few things great. Hybrids (arm/ramp) generally are good at a most things but great at nothing.

JMHO