What happened in Curie???

[sdcantrell56]

That is a great post and I will probably be saving it to help us with scouting in the future. I too could not believe that 68 was till around for you guys. On my list I had them at least in the top 5 including your team.

One other rookie team that I was slightly suprised not to see selected was 2815, but given the teams that were picked I dont see what team they could have been selected in place of. Overall I thought the selections went very well and all of the matches were fairly close as a result.

I am still disappointed that we did not have the opportunity to play with 188, 217, or 68 at all at the championship, but that is just the way the matches go. There is always next year to get the chance to play with these incredible teams.

[Noeen Kashif]

Originally Posted by sdcantrell56

That is a great post and I will probably be saving it to help us with scouting in the future. I too could not believe that 68 was till around for you guys. On my list I had them at least in the top 5 including your team.

One other rookie team that I was slightly suprised not to see selected was 2815, but given the teams that were picked I dont see what team they could have been selected in place of. Overall I thought the selections went very well and all of the matches were fairly close as a result.

I am still disappointed that we did not have the opportunity to play with 188, 217, or 68 at all at the championship, but that is just the way the matches go. There is always next year to get the chance to play with these incredible teams.

Yo guys, were really great at Atlanta as well, you guys had an amazing alliance, and put up a great and enjoyable show. We would like to work with you guys as well in the future. Like you said, there is always next year!

[Lil' Lavery]

I have to just chip in a couple points about the earlier discussion involving defense.

I don't like overly defensive games, they tend to be boring, but defense has a definite role in FIRST, in my opinion. It's a very very large part of what separates FRC from just being an "engineering competition," "race," or "skills contest."

Secondly, where do you draw the line between "defense" and "strategy?" Is pinning a robot to aid your alliance partner's scoring effort defense? Is reserving your balls until the end of the match to ensure the other team doesn't get additional ammo defense? Is swerving your trailer out of the way of your opponent's best scoring machine defense?


As for rankings, the only real solution is to play more matches. How you accomplish that has been debated and contemplated for years, but no clear solution has emerged.