LIFT VS. LAUNCH

[pafwl]

Hello all in FIRST World. I have a question cause I am curious like a cat and I dance on the event horizon of the FIRST black hole. I have had a few conversations with fellow Mentors from some other teams as well I have read a whole bunch of posts of teams that are going with a lifting design. Is it that teams decided that there was no way to effeciently launch a tracker ball? Not being able to see a way to load a launcher? My team almost immediatly ruled out a lifter, determing quickly that it would have to be just too complex and heavy to be efficient. Also for those lifter people what motors are you using to extend you lifting mechanism? Please do not take this as if I am saying one is better then the other cause frankly what do I really know. I was just curious.