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Re: Midwest = Offense?

If you were watching the finals at MWR yesterday, you would have noticed that the strategy was simply to win the autonomous period and then play heavy defense.

I think the Midwest knows how to play defense well enough; and there are plenty of teams who do it well. But to do it well you do need a good drive train and good drivers.

So, the real debate is whether the Midwest concentrates more on developing offense-centric designs than the east.
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Re: Midwest = Offense?

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If you were watching the finals at MWR yesterday, you would have noticed that the strategy was simply to win the autonomous period and then play heavy defense.

I think the Midwest knows how to play defense well enough; and there are plenty of teams who do it well. But to do it well you do need a good drive train and good drivers.

So, the real debate is whether the Midwest concentrates more on developing offense-centric designs than the east.
I think your question about the debate is really what its about. Going for an offenseive robot is usually what most teams think, but not all. Team 85 is an offenseive robot and our drivetrain is strong. For our drivetrain we took the FIRST gearbox with the two cims and added the larger ones. We can push harder than most teams. Then you get the defense teams, who might put four motors on a gearbox, but i might be wrong. (I've said that to many times to myself)
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Re: Midwest = Offense?

Maybe the eternal question could be answered if FIRST would
create divisions by the regions of the country - then play north, south
east and west for the Championship.

Then everyone would know the power is here in the heartland*.

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