| Jason Haaga |
07-04-2002 21:42 |
Quote:
Originally posted by Mark_lyons
I liken this strategy to a match seen in Long Island. Team 173 had a basket full of balls held high overhead, making them very top heavy and vulnerable. Their opponent, seeing a weakness attempted to push them over. In my mind that was a smart play. A team trying to prevent another team from scoring is a part of the game. I have since read in other postings that this was unsportsman like. I do not agree.
Each team should expect that whatever their weakness is, another team will attempt to expose it.
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What match was this? The only real attempt on us at LI was 353 with that wedge (which I see as slightly going against FIRST's intent and more towards BattleBot's). At UTC, however, there were quite a few teams out for blood against us. I agree with you completely that this is part of the game, everyone expect it; why do you think we have such a robust frame and made sure we can right ourselves if we tip? In elimination rounds especially, roughhousing is a necessity some of the time. For instance, 69 used this close to perfectly against us in the finals of UTC, costing us the matches pretty much. I wouldn't recommend trying these things in qualifying rounds; in a high scoring match, there is no loser. Even when we lost to 157, we had 46 qualifying points, higher than many teams averaged! Just food for thought. |
