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

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

I believe that the non-hurdlers will make the difference in the games.

Hurdlers will mostly cancel esch other out and recieve the most defense against them, thus it will be the 'alternative scorers' that will make or break alliances.

I'm not sure on this.
I think hurdlers will try and worry about grabbing their own ball and trying to hurdle, unless your talking at the end of matches.
Both teams that have alternative scorers can cancel each other out too.
If its 3 hurdlers vs a team of 2 with one alternative scorer, I can see your point. But in the playoffs, I dont think teams will do that knowing that only 2 balls in their alliance will only be available. In fact, I would rather have a robot that focuses on defense and not let teams put a ball up at the end instead of a lapper. A lapper will have a hard time stopping a robot from putting a ball on the overpass at the end, all else equal. That's 12 points bonus equivalent to a lapper who has to do 6 laps just to tie that feat. Autonomous is the difference maker.