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[Tyler Olds]

Originally Posted by Joe Johnson

Wasn't at Houston last year, so I can't comment with first hand knowledge, but I don't think that this statement would hold up to a popular vote of those that were there..........

........Autonomous mode should be removed. There I said it and I am not sorry.

Joe J.

Very good post Joe:

First off, I believe that a couple other teams had a pretty good auto mode (if you have seen 111's you would know what I mean).

I am personally against auto mode my self. This puts rookie teams at a disadvantage because it is just another variable that they have to worry about.

It also can make those first 15 sec pretty boring to watch. Last year at regionals I would say 1 in 2 teams didn't have an auto mode (though I would expect a better ratio this year).

Also this can set the teams who have the best engineers in the world apart from teams who have no engineers or whose engineers are not skilled in that field. Once again I am going to relate to Wildstang. Their auto mode was incredible, however there was no way that our team could have done something like that last year.

To get back on subject, those "stilts" that you have are a very versitle tool that will give you a huge advantage, great job!