Build Coming to an end..

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Theres only about a week or so left in the build, and i would imagine every team is almost wrapped up with the bot /and/or/ knows exactly what they need to do to finish. With this being said, i have some questions for everyone.

1) If your strategy proves to be the total oppostie of whats going on in the competetion, are you prepared to change it on the run? (ex. You chose to hang on the bar, but in competetion it is impossible to do this, and teams that pick up small balls are invincible... do you feel you are capable of competing with them?

2) Does your autonomous program execute more than one routine relatively well?

3) Do you think this years game will come down to a bashing fest like last year, or do you think that this years game will be played with skill and talent, not just a bot that can push anything?

[Jessica Boucher]

I'll answer 1 and 3, becuase I am teamless and don't really know too much about my old team's autonomous mode...

1.) I've always believed that a good strategy is one that can be adapted to the situation. The great thing about this year is that there are so many good strategies that come out of the game that you just can't call the dominant strategy yet! What I've also learned is that what happens at one regional may not happen at the rest of them. So, small balls may dominate the first week, but the second week it may be all about the bar.

3.) I definitely feel that the game this year will come down to two people: the driver and the HP. And it will all be about finesse. Whether a more accomplished driver will be at a better advantage than someone who's never driven before may be generally so, but theres always that one or two rookie drivers with a ton of natural talent that will blow the competition out of the water