why sooo many bad robots in 07

[d.courtney]

Originally Posted by nuggetsyl

There is a saying jack of all master of none.

Well I will complete this saying with "Jack of all trades, master of none. Though many times better than a Jack of none.".

I may have a bias simply because our robot is a both bot, but I don't feel that trying to do too much is the biggest problem this game presents. The problem is there is no sub task or easier part of the scoring method we have seen in years past... 2004 it was herding balls, 2005 you could simply push your tetras into the bottom of the goals, 2006 corner goals. We don't have that this year, which makes it hard for rookie teams and teams that are struggling. other problem is the lack of teams that can climb mediocre ramps. And last not enough work put into manipulators. This problem comes up every year, but FIRST normally allows (as Bongle said) a box on wheels to still compete. Not the case this year.