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[Brandon Zalinsky]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

I dunno, man. This is the most open field since 2007 (excluding 2009 for obvious reasons). I feel like this is a good year to gain an advantage with incredible drive trains, but I get that feeling just about every year.

I agree with you here. With the lack of safe zones, teams that decide not to pursue shooting will have a very good opportunity to be a defense bot.

[MichaelBick]

Originally Posted by Flak-Bait

I agree with you here. With the lack of safe zones, teams that decide not to pursue shooting will have a very good opportunity to be a defense bot.

I disagree. There is one rather large safe zone of each side of the field(the pyramid)

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by MICHAELABICK

I disagree. There is one rather large safe zone of each side of the field(the pyramid)

While I agree with you that those are two major protected zones, this field can be considered more open because there is nothing in the middle of the field. I have a feeling that lots of teams will have to traverse the field to the feeding station, so defense in the middle of the field may be at a premium. I'd be interested to see a list of percentages on how much of each game's field is taken up by field elements or protected areas.