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That's more then a meter of jumps. That's impressive.WhoKnows wrote:I believe couple of teams beat or got close to 600. Target time was 41. Congratulations to those teams on amazing feat of engineering.
I'll guess for next year, gaps won't be quite so overpowered, but good gaps will still be the way to win.
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Yeah, I'm assuming the emphasis on gaps will decrease, but I don't know whether accuracy or height will be more emphasized...
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Got to be accuracy. Emphasizing height gets you a roomful of boring low-and-slow devices. There's a challenge in low-and-slow, but you'll get a lot of teams with very similar scores, which is a bit of a problem.hippo9 wrote:Yeah, I'm assuming the emphasis on gaps will decrease, but I don't know whether accuracy or height will be more emphasized...
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Yeah, with that the difference between 1st and 10th would be like .5cm of height or something at nats...knightmoves wrote:Got to be accuracy. Emphasizing height gets you a roomful of boring low-and-slow devices. There's a challenge in low-and-slow, but you'll get a lot of teams with very similar scores, which is a bit of a problem.hippo9 wrote:Yeah, I'm assuming the emphasis on gaps will decrease, but I don't know whether accuracy or height will be more emphasized...
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What's the story with all the failed runs at nats? I see a lot of 60s on the score sheet.
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I figure it's just a bunch of teams missing jumps. I would guess it happens a lot if the device isn't built sturdily. I wonder whether the committee is talking about this...knightmoves wrote:What's the story with all the failed runs at nats? I see a lot of 60s on the score sheet.
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Was everyone pushing their jumps to the limit, to the point that they didn't reliably complete? Going for the 50% chance death-or-glory run? That's a tactical choice. If it was transportation damage, that's a shame.Unome wrote:I figure it's just a bunch of teams missing jumps. I would guess it happens a lot if the device isn't built sturdily. I wonder whether the committee is talking about this...knightmoves wrote:What's the story with all the failed runs at nats? I see a lot of 60s on the score sheet.
You could move the balance by averaging the two runs rather than taking the best run - that way you emphasize robustness.
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