Small balls in 2001 competition

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Posted by Matt Ryan at 04/30/2001 2:10 PM EST


Student on team #69, HYPER, from Quincy Public Schools and Gillette.


In Reply to: How about 5 vs 0, with a twist?
Posted by ChrisH on 04/30/2001 1:58 PM EST:



Pretty good idea.

No one really wants to see their robot sidelined because they are the highest seed in the alliance, and thats the only problem.

: How about having a five robot alliance, but the lead team does NOT put their robot on the field? Instead they are the assigned alliance leader and set strategy for the other teams. This forces them to develop a strategy that best uses the other robots strengths, but keeps their egos out of the way. Each team in the alliance would get the same score for the round.

: Of course this might lead to a top ranked team with a non-functioning robot but a brilliant strategy team. Talk about leveling the playing field in terms of construction.

: Just a "Modest Proposal"

: Chris Husmann, PE
: Team 330 the Beach'Bots