So what do you think?

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Posted by Scott Strickland.

Engineer on team #21, ComBBAT, from Astronaut & Titusville High School and Boeing/NASA.

Posted on 3/12/2000 7:31 PM MST


In Reply to: So what do you think? posted by Joe Johnson on 3/11/2000 7:25 PM MST:



I agree with all but your first comment. I thought the seeding rounds were interesting and the strategy involved more involving then the finals. When you see teams throwing balls at their opponent's goals just to get some meaningful points, then at the last second their opponent gets on the ramp to win! AAAAAAHHHH!

I like the fact that few teams get humiliated.

Specialty robots have a great impact. One robot at KSC, Team 10, only had a wedge on wheels. It dominated other teams with its defensive play. If a team tried to climb over it to score, they would turn over. Big Jimmy always got their 5 points and kept people away from the ramp.

The balls were big and the bar was a little high. A lot of teams overestimated the challenge of hanging and or lifting balls. Ball Bailers have problems with odd shaped balls. Baskets get tippy when fully elevated. A lot of teams think wheel chair wheels have a lot of traction (they don't!).

The game is harder then we all thought on kickoff day!

Scott