Is there a place this year for robots that cant hurdle?

[thefro526]

I think that there's a place on any alliance for someone who can't or choses not to hurdle. In a match like previously stated there are never more than 2 trackballs per alliance. Unless you're going to be doing some all-star amazing passes between three hurdler someone's going to need to either play defense or run laps.

Personally I think an alliance is going to need 2 decent hurdlers and one bot thats highly maneuverable and mildly powerful that can run laps and act as an annoyance to other teams. I think in some qualifying matches we're going to see the weakest hurdler (should there be three) be out in this defensive/lap scoring position. Also my theory be true I think we're going to see a lot of strong hurdlers pick another hurdler first and then a good lap runner second.

Also In this years game I like the fact that all you need is a working drivetrain to score. In the event of a catastrophic failure of all other scoring systems you may be saved by a working drivetrain. And tot hose of you who think that it can't happen it can and it will. In NJ last year I played 2 out of three of my matches without pneumatics and one of those with nothing but a right and left drive motor.