03-16-2007 06:28 PM

Chuck Glick

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

let me guess... 1755's bot was dead so it started on top of 1850?

03-16-2007 06:29 PM

Travis Hoffman

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

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03-16-2007 06:30 PM

Karthik

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

Oh wow... This is classic. I'm at a loss for words for how much I love this strategy.

03-16-2007 06:45 PM

Kyle A

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

All i can say is WOW, that is a great strategy to go with. Great thinking.

03-16-2007 09:00 PM

BrianR

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

Except that you now only have 1 robot for the entire match... The two robots in the pile were E-Stopped immediately for safety reasons.

03-16-2007 09:05 PM

Kyle A

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

this is true, but 30 poonts is better than 0 points

03-16-2007 10:20 PM

Adare180

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

incredible.

03-16-2007 10:24 PM

Conor Ryan

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

This maybe this year's strategical equivalent of the A-Bomb from last year. It also maybe the best autonomous program we'll see this year...unless someone can manage to get 60.

03-16-2007 10:30 PM

Jonathan Norris

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

Simply Amazing!

I'm sure the head ref had a good laugh at this one.

03-16-2007 10:38 PM

Spencer E.

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

That is amazing! Whoever came up with this strategy is a genius. Too bad the robots were disabled, but I guess it makes sense since it is sort of a hazard.

03-17-2007 01:03 AM

Carpe_Noctem

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

Wow....wish i had known that today in qualifying...
we were allied with two bots that were basicly dead in the water...
it wasnt their fault though...we could have set them on ours...

03-18-2007 03:20 PM

Astronouth7303

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

That one robot was WildStang. (You can see their ramp in the corner.) They probably did alright.

03-18-2007 03:28 PM

Jeremiah Johnson

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

They scored 16 points alone. Final score was 46-something.

03-18-2007 05:45 PM

royal_robotix

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

its a pretty interesting strategy...30 points automatically and depending on how good the opponent's scoring is, it could win or lose a match

03-18-2007 08:47 PM

Sean Schuff

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

Consider the number of qualifying matches you've seen this year where fewer than 30 points were scored. This strategy guarantees the 30 and still leaves you with one robot free to roam.

Sheer genius, Raul! Well played.

Sean

03-18-2007 08:49 PM

ChrisMcK2186

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

I did not know that was allowed. If they were to build a bot that could latch onto the top of another, would they be able to move if it was secure?

Chris

03-18-2007 09:51 PM

Jeremiah Johnson

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

In this case, though, neither of the robots could move a bit so they might as well have done it. I just don't know why the opposing alliance didn't go "bump" them out of the end zone. Probably isn't gp though.

03-18-2007 11:00 PM

Rohit Roy

Re: pic: 1755 on 1850: 30 easy points

I doubt it. If teams started doing that, they would probably issue an update that says you can't start on top of another robot.

This strategy is amazing because even if you lose, you get 30 tie-brake points.

However, the way I would this is if we took off our arm (which is pretty easy to do) because I would be too scared of another robot hitting us, causing us to fall down. You don't have to ram to knock the other robot off; a light push will do it, and that is likely to happen if opposing teams enter your home zone for ringers.