Questions to keep people occupied

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Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

What do you think the best FRC robot of all time was?

Well I haven't seen much of "Time" but by far 469 was amazing. It was an interesting strategy they had, and a great way to think outside of the box. Not only did they have there equipment for the cycle, but they had a fast and powerful robot beanth that could hold on it's own without even starting a cycle.

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)

It is important, but should your robot be desgined that way? No. I know this from personell expirence. Our team seemed to think that the best route to a win was to try to look attractive to other teams and then get picked for an alliance. So in the end we went for the defensive strategy. I feel like thogh we had an amazing year, on field we didn't shine bright because we stuck to our defensive strategy. What ever comes forward with the game this year, I'm pushing for the fact that this year we need to be high scoring, and need to try to hit the top 8 after qualifications, and not play a support role.

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

We are very ridgid. We spend all of saturday and Sunday on analising the game and picking our strategy, and once it decided, we stick with it. It stinks, but were all good about going with the same strategy, and it does make things run smoother.

Which is your favorite FRC game?

Well I've only played one so far which is Breakaway, so obvious my Favorite.

For older games, I would love to re-live Stack-Attack

How the hell did 2002 71 legs work?

I wasn't Around then, but they look cool

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

10! I can't do anything without thinking about Kick-Off

[delsaner]

What do you think the best FRC robot of all time was?

-- Without any knowledge before Overdrive, I can only offer my input for 2008 onward.
*I will agree that 1114 had an amazing robot in 2008, able to hurdle the track balls with ease. Seeing scores of mid 100's all across their bluealliance page, it was quite incredible.
*About everyone knew about what 469's robot is 2010 could do. Ingenuity at its peak, that robot was able to break to double digits easily.
*I would also like to credit 111 for their 2009 robot. I really liked their approach at the game and how they designed their robot. I thought it was very effective as well as creative.


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)

Looks are good, but a good functioning robot that is efficient will show in its own way to teams.


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

We take a vote after we brainstorm ideas for what we want our robot to be strong. After we come down to what we want it to do, each sub-team designs their own mechanism for their respective group. In the end, we make strategy pretty rigid.


Which is your favorite FRC game?

I really wish I was there for Aim High. It looked like such an amazing game. Stack Attack probably comes close as well.


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

10. Hands down.