Changing the face of the game..

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Posted by Joe Johnson.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 11/7/99 6:38 PM MST


In Reply to: Changing the face of the game.. posted by colleen on 11/7/99 12:07 PM MST:



The recriminations are already starting for us.

At this point, we are committed to 3 regionals (MI, NJ & IL).

But... ...should we have saved the money and built a duplicate machine?

I am not there yet, but I have to admit that it wasn't in the mix in our original pros & cons list.

As to how this new development is this going to affect the behavior at regionals, I think that there will be definite HAVES and HAVE NOTS.

The teams that HAVE good prints or spare parts will go for broke. The teams HAVE NOT good prints or spares will back off, keeping their powder dry for the Big Show @ EPCOT.

How does this change thing? We shall see.

I think that this will push teams to design modular robots as much as possible. Also, the term TANK-LIKE will be used alot! How else can you survive the attack from Truck Town Terror that you know is coming? ;-)

Let's get it on...


Joe J.