We're really not that mean.

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Posted by Elaine Anselm, Engineer on team #191, X-Cats, from Jos Wilson High School and Xerox.

Posted on 4/28/99 8:48 PM MST


In Reply to: Hear Hear, and same over here... posted by Daniel on 4/28/99 7:57 PM MST:



People do feel bad when they see their robots knocked apart because they put so much work into them, but that was just part of this year's game. There was more contact just by the nature of the competition this year, but that type of interaction made the matches exciting to watch. Teams such as G-Force were very attractive as alliance partners because they could defend the puck. That is why our team picked them. During our last finals match G-Force took a beating too.

Teams who designed their robots as defensive only took a risk. If their qualifying points were not real high they might not be noticed as an ally.

I would much rather see the type of interaction this year than the type there was in 1995. In 30-45 seconds, the fastest team got to the top of the ramp, clamped on and racked up points for over a minute. Many matches were a yawn.