Am I the only one that thinks that Breakaway is a game for the powerhouse vets?

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Originally Posted by Alex Dinsmoor

What we found is that a good magnet may even be more effective than a good kicker. If you have an amazing kicker with a crappy magnet they may not get chosen over a team with an awesome magnet but only a so-so kicker. Magnets let you score, while kickers can only guarantee ball movement.

And with the hanger, yes it is a good point boost if you have one, but more realistically many teams look for an effective scorer over a hanger; since a scorer can put more balls in than the hanger in most cases.

That's what I think at least.

I've found that good drivers trump ball magnets. Our robot doesn't have a ball magnet at all, but our driver is amazing. More important than being able to hold on to a ball is to be able to position your robot to actually get to a ball, or just push one in.

In the last 20 seconds of BMR, our alliance won by out scoring our opponents 3-2, they hung, we herded balls into the goal. No ball magnet, no kicker, just driving.