How difficult do you feel this competition is, this year?

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How difficult do you feel this competition is, this year?

View Poll Results: How difficult do you feel this competition is, this year?
Already done no challenge at all	1	0.65%
It's too easy, something harder please	11	7.14%
It's Ok, It's not too easy and not too ha	60	38.96%
It's on the hard side but is alright i guess	77	50.00%
It's extremly difficult, what do i do	5	3.25%
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11-01-2008, 16:12

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Re: How difficult do you feel this competition is, this year?

At first glance, this game seems really easy and rookie-friendly. I don't think it is. Consider this: one lap with just your robot nets 2pts, but one lap hurdling nets 10pts (2pts for the robot, 8pts for hurdling). So, if a robot hurdles only twice in a match, it gets 20pts. To beat that, the boxbot needs to do eleven laps, which is quite a challenge. Good boxbots may be able to contribute some points to an alliance, but even a mediocre hurdler can top them.

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