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[Ian Curtis]

Does 1058 still have their robot from 2004? One of my favorite strategies, from one of my favorite games.

(Background: For those of you who don't know their were 18 13" playground balls suspended over the drivers stations at either end of the field. The objective was to pick them up and return them to the human player who could them shoot them into the goal, as robot scoring of the playground balls was not allowed. When you knocked a ball of a stand at midfield, or 45 seconds into the game, the balls came down. Most teams built collectors to suck them up off the floor, but some teams built these huge unfolding net contraptions, betting they could get under the balls before the drop, and scoop them up in one go. 1058 build a huge unfolding PVC and netting contraption to catch the falling balls. It wasn't the most effective mechanism, but it looked sweet.)

Also, at this time, their official team name was the Dragoons. Did they build with PVC in 2003 as well, or was 2004 the first year of PVC?