18-02-2010, 19:11
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AKA: Pinecone
 FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,780
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Re: 2010 5th Gear FRC Match Simulator
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Originally Posted by gblake
Great!
Did you have any "Ah-Hah!" moments when the simulator gave you an insight you didn't have without it? or was it just fun to see who could pwn who?
Either asnwer means we did our job well.
Blake
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If you guys want to know any direct design and strategy decisions that the game helped me make, the solidification of a midfield oriented robot with roughtop over KoP rubber to outpush at the return. Other teammates used my tunnel use in the 20 point video as rationale to build an 18 inch bot... 
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