Questions to keep people occupied

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

When building a robot, how important is it to cater to looking appealing for an alliance (in 2010 terms, a defending robot would rarely get picked, how important is that in your early strategy)

I wouldn't say a defending robot would rarely get picked. 294, 3138, 148/217 among others were very dominant from the back zone. Defending robots didn't get picked because they were bad, not because they weren't appealing. Good defensive robots like all of those listed above were vital to alliances.

You want to build a robot that can easily complement others while being competitive on its own. All four of those robots found their niches in other zones as well as the back (294 in the midfield, the rest in front)

Speaking of early strategy, how rigid does your team make it? Do you require that everyone's ideas conform to it, or is it more lax, and allow innovation

Doing the wrong thing well is still doing the wrong thing.

On a scale of 1 to 10 how pumped are you for kickoff

Really anxious here.